Fraxinus platypoda, the Chinese red ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to central China, and Japan.[1][2] In the latter stages of succession it often dominates the mountain riparian forest habitat in which it is found.[3]

Fraxinus platypoda
Leaves
Habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Species:
F. platypoda
Binomial name
Fraxinus platypoda
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Fraxinus commemoralis Koidz.
    • Fraxinus inopinata Lingelsh.
    • Fraxinus longicuspis f. hortensis Lingelsh.
    • Fraxinus longicuspis var. sambucina (Blume) Lingelsh.
    • Fraxinus mandshurica var. shiojii Kudô
    • Fraxinus nipponica Koidz.
    • Fraxinus platypoda f. nipponica (Koidz.) Yonek.
    • Fraxinus sambucina (Blume) Koidz.
    • Fraxinus shikokiana Sugim.
    • Fraxinus sieboldiana var. sambucina Blume
    • Fraxinus spaethiana Lingelsh.
    • Fraxinus spaethiana f. nipponica (Koidz.) Kurata
    • Fraxinus spaethiana var. nipponica (Koidz.) H.Hara
    • Fraxinus verecunda Koidz.

It has high resistance to the emerald ash borer.[4] A slow-growing deciduous tree, it is used as a street tree in Aarhus, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fraxinus platypoda Oliv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ Brown, Deborah J.G. (17 August 2016). "Fraxinus platypoda (Chinese Red Ash), leaf, summer". acorn.mortonarb.org. The Morton Arboretum. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ 深町, 篤子; 星野, 義延 (2021). "中央日本の山地渓畔林におけるネコノメソウ属の種の共存と選好性". 植生学会誌. 38. doi:10.15031/vegsci.38.133.
  4. ^ Kelly, Laura J.; Plumb, William J.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Cooper, Endymion D.; Crowther, William; Whittemore, Alan T.; Rossiter, Stephen J.; Koch, Jennifer L.; Buggs, Richard J. A. (2020). "Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4 (8): 1116–1128. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1209-3. PMC 7610378. PMID 32451426.
  5. ^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.