Sycopsis

Sycopsis is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae native to southern central China[1][2][3] and Taiwan.[2]

Sycopsis are evergreen[1][3] or semi-evergreen[3] shrubs or small trees. Their leaves are leathery and their flowers have no petals.[1][3]

The genus Sycopsis contains two species: Sycopsis sinensis and Sycopsis triplinerva.[1][2]

Sycopsis is derived from Greek and means ‘fig-resembler’ because the person who named the genus, Daniel Oliver, thought its appearance resembled a shrubby Ficus.[4]

The Chinese vernacular name for this genus is 水丝梨属 (Shuǐ sī lí shǔ).[1]