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| flowers and leaves of Schima wallichii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Theaceae |
| Genus: | Schima Reinw. ex Blume (1823) |
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Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae.[1]
The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. There are about 30 species, 21 species distributed in China (six endemic[1]), among which Schima superba is the most common.[2]
- ^ a b Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Schima". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ 张 蕊, 王舒琪 (2020-01-13). "木上荷花：生物防火卫士" (in Chinese). www.forestry.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-02-01.