Schisandra longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is native to China.
Schisandra longipes is a climbing plant with papery leaves, and pale-yellow tepals. It was described in 1934, and was recognised as a species in 2000.
Taxonomy Schisandra longipes was described by Elmer Drew Merrill and in 1934, as Schisandra sphenanthera var. longipes. In 2000, Richard M.K. Saunders described Schisandra longipes as a species.
Distribution Schisandra longipes is native to the subtropical biome of China (northern Guangdong and northern Guangxi). It grows in forests, and often near rivers, at elevations of .
Description Schisandra longipes is a climbing plant.
The leaf-bearing branches are elongated. The leaf stems are long. The leaves are papery to subleathery in texture, and elliptical to ovate in shape. They measure long, and wide.
The flowers have six to eight pale yellow tepals. The male flowers have stalks, and eighteen to twenty-eight stamens. The female flowers have stalks, and thirty-six to fifty-five carpels. Schisandra longipes flowers in April and May.
The seed case has tubercules. Schisandra longipes fruits in July and August.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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