Section：Paracamellia
Conservation Status：Least Concern
Remarks：This name is accepted
References：
Camellia kissi Wall. Asiat. Res. 13: 429 (1820) Accepted Name
Thea sasanqua var. kissi (Wall.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 115-116 (1887) Heterotypic Synonym
落瓣油茶 中国高等植物图鉴,第2册，856页 （1972） Chinese Name
落瓣短柱茶 山茶属植物的系统研究，35 （1981） Chinese Name
Camellia kissi Wall. Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Cited Name
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Camellia kissi Wallich (1820: 429). Type:—NEPAL. 1818, Gardner s.n. (BM000948697!). Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 197. 1958. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.50. -Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.185.
= Camellia thailandica Chang & Ren (1991: 67), Type:—THAILAND. Khao Yai National Park, Khao Khieo, 14°21’N, 101°22’E, elev. 1200–1300 m, 29 October 1970, Charoenphol et al. 4205 (holotype MO; isotypes BKF!, C!, K!) .
= Camellia ligustrina Orel, Curry & Luu in Orel et al. (2014: 310), Type:—VIETNAM. Lam Dong: Mount Lang Biang, elev. 1850 m, 16 December 2011, Orel & Curry 0734 (holotype NSW900397 [image!]).
= Camellia cuongiana Orel & Curry (2015: 180), Type:—VIETNAM. Lam Dong: Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, 5 November 2012, Orel et al. 0721 (holotype NSW901040 [image!]).
= Camellia symplocifolia Griff., Itin. Notes 40, no. 652. 1848.
= Camellia mastersia Griff., Notul. 4:559. 1854.
=Thea sasanqua var. kissii (Wall.)Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinchine 2: sub. pl. 115-116. 1887.
=Thea iniquicarpa (Clarke) Kochs in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 27:594. 1900.
=Thea bachmaensis Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10:124. 1942.
=Thea brachystemon Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10: 124. 1942.
Shrubs or trees, 1.5–5(–9) m tall. Young branches grayish brown,
glabrous; current year branchlets densely gray pubescent to villous. Leaf: Petiole 3–7 mm, densely pubescent to villous; leaf blade oblong,
oblong-elliptic, elliptic, or broadly elliptic, 5–13.5 × 1.5–5(–6) cm,
thinly leathery, leathery, or rigidly leathery, abaxially pale green and
sparsely villous or glabrescent, adaxially dark green and hirtellous along
midvein, midvein raised on both surfaces, secondary veins 6–8 on each side of midvein, secondary and reticulate veins abaxially
raised, adaxially slightly impressed, or slightly raised on both surfaces, base
cuneate, broadly cuneate, or obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acute, acuminate,
or caudate and with a blunt tip. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired,
subsessile. Bracteoles and sepals 7– 9, caducous; outer
bracteoles and sepals lunate, 1–2 mm; inner bracteoles
and sepals broadly elliptic to suborbicular, to 7 mm, outside velutinous to
subglabrous, inside glabrous. Petals 5–8, white, nearly
distinct, obovate to ovate, 0.8–3 × 0.6–2 cm, apex emarginate. Stamens 0.6–1.5 cm, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 1–3 mm. Ovary white tomentose, 3- loculed; styles 3, 3–7 mm, glabrous or basally tomentose, distinct to near base or
basally connate and apically 3-parted to 3- lobed. Capsule subglobose to
globose-pyriform, 1.4–2.5 × 1.5–
2 cm, usually 1–3-loculed with 1 seed
per locule; pericarp ca. 1.5 mm thick, splitting into 2 or 3 valves. Seeds
brown, globose, 1–1.5 cm in diam. Fl. Nov–Dec, fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 30. Forests,
thickets; 300–2000(–3100) m. Distribution:
CHINA：Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan；BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, NE INDIA, LAOS, MYANMAR, NEPAL, THAILAND, VIETNAM.
Camellia kissii var. Kissi, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.50: Camellia kissii Wall. var. kissii. [Description] Leaves very variable, from elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, veins sunken in the drystate. Flowers small, petals nearly free, stamens basally connate, ovaries pubescent; styles 3-parted or 3-cleft, 5-7 mm long. Capsules obovate, 1-3-locular. [Distribution] Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Nepal, India，Sikkim and Indochina.
Camellia kissii var. megalantha , Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.51: Camellia kissii Wall. var. megalantha Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, Monogr. Ser. 1: 35. 1981. [Description] A typo differt floribus multo majoribus, petalis 3 cm longis 2 cm latis. Flowers relatively large, 6 cm in diameter; petals obcordate, 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, other characters the same as the species.
The specimen was discovered by Buchanan in 1802 in Nepal. In 1820, in Asiatic Researches 13, author N. Wallich published under the scientific name Camellia kissi. The Vietnamese name is Short Stigma Tea, Nepali Camellia.
Camellia kissi Wallich (1820: 429; Theaceae) is an evergreen shrub that is widely distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia (Ming 2000). Sealy established Camellia Linnaeus (1753: 698) sect. Paracamellia Sealy (1958: 192) based on the species. The seeds of C. kissi can be used to extract edible oil (Baral & Acharya 1997, Su et al. 2014).
Nomenclatural notes:—Chang & Bartholomew (1984) and Ming & Bartholomew (2007) thought that the epithet of C. kissi should be “kissii” without any further comment. However, in the protologue of the species, Wallich (1820: 429) stated that “...I propose calling Camellia kissi, the Newar name being Kissi or Kissi-soak by enumerating the points on which their specific difference appears to me to rest”. It seems that the epithet is derived from the vernacular name and therefore, the original spelling of the epithet, kissi, should be retained (see Art. 60 Ex. 21 of the ICN).
Camellia kissi has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia kissi is listed as Least Concern.
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落瓣油茶 （海南植物志）Camellia kissi Wall, in Asiat. Res. 8： 429, 1820： Sealy 1. c. 197. 卫矛叶连蕊茶（植物分类学报）， 落瓣短柱茶（山茶属植物的系统研究），阿森短柱茶（山茶属植物的系统研究）。
张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第35页。高继银、帕克斯、杜跃强，2005. 《山茶属植物主要原种彩色图集》浙江科学技术出版社，第185页。【标本】广西 Kwangsi：秦仁昌8062，8120；十万大山，张肇骞12411；宁明，张肇骞 12395；十万大山，曾怀德22027，24506，24609。广东 Kwangtung：新安，徐德明254；澜头岛，Ma Clure 1192，罗浮山，蒋 英1711；英德，大镇，曾怀德、黄锦洲2445；英德，温塘山，陈焕镛7122；从化，邓良8430，8431；英德，滑水山，曾沛、冯饮10957；罗浮山，高锡明52484 ；龙门，李学根200385。海南 Hainan：感恩，刘心祁27777；保亭，刘心祁28085。越南 Vietnam：M. PofZone 17472。分布：云甫，广西，广东，海南，尼泊尔，印度，锡金，中南半岛。【形态特征】这个种的叶子多变化，从椭圆形到长圆形或倒披针形，叶脉干后下陷；花小，花瓣近离生，雄蕊仅基部连生，子房有毛，花柱3条或3裂，长5-7毫米，蒴果倒卵形，1-3室。大花短柱茶Camellia kissi var. megalantha Chang, var. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第35页。【标本】广西 Kwangsi：昭平，南荣乡，1965年12月11日，梁盛业 6505258 (模式标本 Typus，in Univ. Sunyatsen)；桂林，良丰，邓志农 13220。【形态特征】花较大，直径6厘米，花瓣倒心形，长3厘米，宽2厘米，其余形态和原种一致。
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Species in the Same Section: 短柱茶 Camellia brevistyla (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart、红花短柱茶 Camellia brevistyla (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart, f. rubida P. L. Chiu、小果短柱茶 Camellia confusa (Craib) Cohen-Stuart、窄叶短柱茶 Camellia fluviatilis Hand.-Mazz.、锯叶茶 Camellia grijsii Hance 、冬红短柱茶 Camellia hiemalis Nakai、大花短柱茶 Camellia kissi Wall. var. megalantha Hung T. Chang、樱花短柱茶 Camellia maliflora Lindl. 、细叶短柱茶 Camellia microphylla (Merr.) S.S.Chien、琉球短柱茶 Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto、钝叶短柱茶 Camellia obtusifolia Hung T.Chang、粉红短柱茶 Camellia puniceiflora Hung T.Chang、陕西短柱茶 Camellia shensiensis、威宁短柱茶 Camellia weiningensis Y.K.Li、阿森短柱茶 Camellia lutescens Dyer、短柱山茶 Camellia brevissima Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、大姚短柱茶 Camellia tenii Sealy、褐枝短柱茶 Camellia phaeoclada Hung T.Chang、河静山茶 Camellia hatinhensis V.D.Luong, Ninh & L.T.Nguyen、紫金短柱茶 Camellia zijinica M.Lin, Q.L.Ye & Q.Fan、海南山茶 Camellia hainanica Y.L. Zhao et Z.G. Xu、泰国山茶 Camellia thailandica Hung T.Chang & S.X.Ren、恒春山茶 Camellia hengchunensis C.E.Chang 、毛短柱茶 Camellia mollis Hung T.Chang & S.X.Ren、短柱山茶 Camellia montana (Blanco) Hung T.Chang & S.X.Ren、锦美山茶 Camellia chinmeii S.L. Lee & T.Y.A. Yang
