Table 1 in Twenty-six additional new combinations in the Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) of China and Vietnam

Table 1. Differentiating features of the species Michelia caloptila and Michelia fujianensis.
The differentiating features of Michelia caloptila are cited from Law and Wu (1984) to whom the flower was unknown, Liu et al. (2004: 228)† and Yang et al. (2016: 237)‡, with those of M. fujianensis from Zheng (1981), supplemented by Law et al. (1996: 189)§ and Liu et al. (2004: 260)¶.Plant featureMichelia caloptila Y.W. Law & Y.F. WuMichelia fujianensis Q.F. Zhengmaximum dimensionsto 15 m × 30 cm dbh†to 16 m × 100 cm dbh¶bark colourgreygreyish-brown (greyish-white¶)indumentum of branchletsbrown tomentosedensely cinnamon tomentoseindumentum of budsbrown tomentosedensely cinnamon tomentoseleaf shapenarrowly elliptic or ellipticoblong or narrowly obovate-ellipticleaf dimensions9-16 × 2.5-5 cm6-11 × 2.5-4 cmleaf apexacuminate or caudate-acuminateacuteleaf indumentum adaxiallyentirely glabrousdensely short-tomentose at midribleaf indumentum abaxiallyminutely brown tomentosedensely ferrugineus or brownish-yellow appressed sericeoussecondary lateral leaf veins7-12 pairs8-9 pairs (not 9-15§,¶)petiole length and indumentum5-10 mm, brown tomentose10-15 mm, densely cinnamon tomentosetepal number6-9‡15-16 (12-17¶)gynophore in fruitca. 20 mm long2-2.5 mm longfruit aggregate length4-10 cm2-3 cmmature carpelsbroadly ovate or suborbicular, 1-1.8 cm long with 1-4 seedsobovoid, 1.5-2 cm × ca. 1.2 cm with 1 seedfruiting periodSeptember†October-November¶