Section：Thea
Conservation Status：
Remarks：This name is accepted
References：
皱叶茶 张宏达. 1981. 山茶属植物的系统研究.中山大学学报（自然科学）论丛(1):115 Chinese Name
Camellia crispula Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 115 (1981) Accepted Name
Camellia atrothea Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 8 (1983) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia rotundata Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 6 (1983) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia makuanica Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 4 (1983) Heterotypic Synonym
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» Description
Camellia crispula, Subgenus
Thea, Sect. Thea, Ser. Pentastylae Chang, Acta
Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1981(1): 91. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and
Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.143:
Camellia crispula Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni
1981(1): 93. 1981. [Description] Small
tree, branchlets and terminal buds glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, crispedin
the dry state, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 8-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apicesacuminate,
bases narrowly cuneate, decurrent, dull above, glabrous below, lateral veins7-9
pairs; margins sparsely serrate, teeth separation 2-3 mm; petioles 5-7 mm long.
Flowers terminal; pedicels 1 cm long, glabrous; bracts 2, early deciduous; sepals
semi-orbicular, 5-6 mm long, 8-9 mm wide, pubescent; petals basally connate; stamens
nearly free, basally adnate with petals; ovaries pubescent; styles 1 cm long, with
white pubescence, deeply 5-cleft. Capsules oblate, 4-5-locular, 2. 5 cm in
diameter, with 4-5 shallow grooves, pubescent, 1 seed per locule, valves 4-5 mm
thick. Flowering period March to April.
Camellia crispula Hung T. Chang (1981a: 93)
Type:—CHINA. Yunnan: Jinping, 2000m, 12 May 1956, SINO-USSR Yunnan Exp. 1344
(holotype: KUN0055527!; isotypes: PE00024305!, 00026331!, 00026337!, 00026338!,
00702766!).
= Camellia atrothea Hung T. Chang et H.S.
Wang in Hung T. Chang (1984: 5), syn. nov. Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Pingbian,
1900m, 7 November 1982, B.H. Chen et al. A21002 (lectotype, designated here:
SYS00095178! Fig. 1C; isolectotypes: SYS00095179!, TEA!).
= Camellia rotundata Hung T. Chang et F.L.
Yu in Hung T. Chang (1984: 6), syn. nov.
Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Honghe, 1850m, 5
November 1982, Y.J. Tang A24001 (holotype: SYS00095184!).
= Camellia makuanica Hung T. Chang et Y.J.
Tang in Hung T. Chang (1984: 6), syn. nov. Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Maguan, 1720m,
17 October 1982, Y.J. Tang et al. A17003 (holotype: SYS00090461!).
= Camellia haaniensis Hung T. Chang et F.L.
Yu in Hung T. Chang (1984: 7), syn. nov. Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Jinping, 2220m,
B.H. Chen et al. A22005 (holotype: SYS00090460!; isotype: TEA!).
= Camellia purpurea Hung T. Chang et B.H.
Chen in Hung T. Chang (1984: 9), syn. nov. Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Pingbian,
1500m, 8 November 1982, B.H. Chen A21003 (holotype: SYS00095186!; isotype:
TEA!).
= C. crassicolumna var. shangbaensis F.C.
Zhang (1997: 437), syn. nov. Type:—CHINA. Yunnan, Zhenyuan, 2450m, 3 November
1996, F.C. Zhang et al. 01 (holotype: Yunnan Agriculture University; isotype:
KUN0055550!).
Notes: Chang
(1984) cited a single gathering B.H. Chen et al. A21002 at SYS as the type of
Camellia atrothea. Two specimens of this gathering were found at SYS. The
specimen SYS00095178 bears mature flower and fruit, so it is designated here as
the lectotype (Fig. 1C). Ming (1992, 2000) reduced seven taxa (C. crispula, C.
atrothea, C. rotundata, C. haaniensis, C. makuanica, C. purpurea and C.
crassicolumna var. shangbaensis) into C. crassicolumna, which is inappropriate
because the ovaries of these taxa are tomentose and different from those of C.
crassicolumna. However, it is true that the seven taxa are very close to each
other so that it is difficult to find any substantial differences among them
when their types are compared. Chang (1984) stated that C. atrothea is close to
C. taliensis and C. irrawadiensis, and different from them by thin and dull
leaves, short petioles and pedicels, large and hairy sepals, and large fruits.
These diagnostic features are shared by C. crispula. The diagnostic characters
of Camellia rotundata (pubescent young branches, pubescent leaves round at base
and short petioles) listed in its protologue (Chang 1984) exactly occurs in C.
crispula. In the protologues (Chang 1984, Zhang 1997), C. crassicolumna with
glabrous ovaries was selected as the kindred taxon of C. makuanica, C.
haaniensis and C. crassicolumna var. shangbaensis, which is obviously
inappropriate. The tomentose ovaries suggest that C. makuanica, C. haaniensis
and C. crassicolumna var. shangbaensis are closer to C. crispula. According to
the protologues (Chang 1984), C. purpurea is different from C. crispula only by
its 3-loculed ovaries. However, the specimens (S.X. Yang 92009, 93537, 93538)
collected in the type locality of C. purpurea show that 3-, 4- and 5-loculed
ovaries really coexist on the same tree. In conclusion, there is no substantial
differences can be found among C. crispula, C. atrothea, C. rotundata, C.
haaniensis, C. makuanica, C. purpurea and C. crassicolumna var. shangbaensis.
The seven taxa can be easily distinguished from other species of sect. Thea by
5-locular tomentose ovary, hairy sepals and petals, and hairy terminal buds and
young branches, so it is advisable to treat all the seven taxa as one species.
Therefore, the species status of C. crispula, the earliest described among the
seven names, is reinstated and the rest six taxa are treated as its heterotypic
synonyms.
Habitat: Montane
forests, 1300–2450m. Distribution:—Endemic to Southeast and Central Yunnan,
China.
» Distribution
Yunnan: Wenshan, Jinping
» Description
皱叶茶Camellia crispula Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第115页。【标本】云南：联合云南考察团1344 (模式Typus，in
Bot. Inst. Kunming)；文山，老君山，冯国楣22027。【形态特征】小乔木,嫩枝及顶芽无毛。叶薄革质，干后皱缩，披针形或狭长圆形，长8-10厘米，宽2-3厘米，先端渐尖，基部窄楔形，下延，上面暗晦，下面无毛，侧脉7-9对，边缘有疏锯齿，齿刻相隔2-3毫米，叶柄长5-7毫米。花腋生，花梗长1厘米，无毛；苞片2，早落；萼片肾圆形，长5-6毫米，宽8-9毫米，有毛；花瓣基部连生，雄蕊近离生，仅基部与花瓣连合；子房被毛，花柱长1厘米，有白毛，5深裂，蒴果扁球形，4-5室，直径2.5厘米，有4-5条浅沟，被毛，每室有种子1个，果爿厚4-5毫米，花期3-4月。
» Distribution
云南文山老君山
Species in the Same Section: 丹寨秃茶 Camellia danzaiensis Hung T.Chang & K.M.Lan、防城茶 Camellia fangchengensis S.Ye Liang & Y.C.Zhong、秃房茶 Camellia gymnogyna Hung T.Chang、滇缅茶 Camellia irrawadiensis P.K.Barua、广西茶 Camellia kwangsiensis Hung T. Chang、膜叶茶 Camellia leptophylla S.Ye Liang ex Hung T.Chang、马关茶 Camellia makuanica Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang、细萼茶 Camellia parvisepala Hung T. Chang、毛叶茶 Camellia ptilophylla Hung T.Chang、汝城毛叶茶 Camellia pubescens Hung T.Chang & C.X.Ye、大叶茶 Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (Choisy) Kitamura、茶 Camellia sinensis var. sinensis、大厂茶 Camellia tachangensis F.S.Zhang、大理茶 Camellia taliensis (W.W.Sm.) Melch.、五室茶 Camellia quinquelocularis Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、厚轴茶 Camellia crassicolumna Hung T. Chang、五柱茶 Camellia pentastyla Hung T.Chang、突肋茶 Camellia costata S.Y.Hu & S.Y.Liang、榕江茶 Camellia yungkiangensis Hung T. Chang、狭叶茶 Camellia angustifolia Hung T. Chang、白毛茶 Camellia sinensis var. pubilimba Hung T.Chang、麻豆茶 Camellia sinensis var. madoensis T.V.Nguyen, V.D.Luong & N.Trieu Le、细枝茶 Camellia tenuistipa Orel, Curry & Luu、大苞茶 Camellia grandibracteata Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan, F.L.Yu & P.S.Wang、广南茶 Camellia kwangnanica Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen、疏齿大厂茶 Camellia tachangensis var. remotiserrata (Hung T.Chang, F.L.Yu & P.S.Wang) T.L.Ming、西里茶 Camellia sealyana T.L.Ming、多瓣茶 Camellia crispula var. multiplex (Hung T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang) S.X.Yang、德宏茶 Camellia sinensis var. dehungensis (Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen) T.L.Ming、锡安山茶 Camellia siangensis T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar、台湾山茶 Camellia formosensis (Masam. & S.Suzuki) M.H.Su, C.F.Hsieh & C.H.Tsou、三萼茶 Camellia yangii D.Wei Zhao
