Definitions
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- adjective
Henry (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Henry's ..."
Etymologies
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Endemics to Huangshan total 13 species of pteridophytes and 6 of higher plants, including Buckleya henryi which is on the verge of extinction.
Mount Huangshan Scenic Beauty and Historic Interest Site, China 2008
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The deciduous tree is from south-west China, has only a Latin name Emmenopterys henryi, and was introduced to Britain in 1907 by the plant hunter, Ernest Wilson.
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A rare sight in the UK: a flower from the Emmenopterys henryi tree.
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Above 950 m, there is a community of deciduous broad-leaved trees, bushes and herbs, including Clethra faberi, Platycarya strobilacea, Lespedeza bicolor, Quercus spinosa and Rosa henryi.
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Some of the more significant species include dove tree (Davidia involucrata), the vesselless relict (Tetracentron sinense), Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Emmenopterys henryi and Eucommia ulmoides.
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_C. seguinii_ and _C. henryi_ and _C. crenata_ trees in them.
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_C. henryi_, a rare species, a native of China, and the several chinkapins native to the Gulf Coast seemed inherently adjusted to drought and heat, and thrived without apparent damage.
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Since _henryi_ blooms very early, much before our _mollissima_, the
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Division of Forest Pathology mailed us pollen of _C. mollissima_, which reached us just in time to be applied to _henryi_.
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Lilium henryi, a tall species with apricot turkscap flowers in July-August, one of the easiest.
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