Loropetalum subcordatum (Benth.) Oliv.

This species is listed as endangered by the IUCN (as Tetrathyrium subcordatum).

Shrubs or trees to 12 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 5–6 mm, stellately pubescent; petiole 1–1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 7–12 × 3.5–5 cm, discolorous, base rounded or subcordate, margin entire or sparsely serrulate, apex acute; lateral veins 6–8 on each side, abaxially prominent, glabrous, adaxially impressed. Inflorescence axillary, 14–25-flowered; peduncle 4–5 cm; bracts linear, ca. 3 mm. Sepals ca. 1.5 mm, stellately pubescent. Petals ca. 1.5 cm; anthers ovoid; staminodes divergent, teeth oblong-ovate, ca. 2.5 mm. Ovary stellately pubescent. Persistent floral cup ca. 2/3 as long as capsule; capsules subglobose, 10–12 mm in diam., adnate to floral cup for 1/4–1/2 of their length. Seeds 6–7 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.

Guangdong, SW Guangxi (Longzhou Xian), Guizhou.

Roadsides; 100--200 m.

Tetrathyrium subcordatum Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 133. 1861.

Loropetalum subcordatum is a species of plant in the Hamamelidaceae family. It is found in China and Hong Kong. Previously considered a separate genus, Tetrathyrium, Loropetalum subcordatum is one of four species of Loropetalum, and is placed in tribe Loropetaleae, subfamily Hamamelidoideae, family Hamamelidaceae of the Saxifragales. Its conservation status is considered vulnerable.