长梗山茶 Camellia longipedicellata (Hu) Hung T.Chang & D.FangCamellia longipedicellata

Camellia longipedicellata, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Longipedicellata. 

First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 141 (1965) as Theopsis longipedicellata Hu, then published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 229 (1980) as Camellia longipedicellata (Hu) Hung T.Chang & D.Fang. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.125: Camellia longipedicellata(Hu) Chang & Fang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 229. 1980. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic, 4.5-7 cm long. Pedicels 12 mm long; bracts4-6, persistent; sepals7; petals 9, 3 cm long; stamens connate into a filament tube for 2/3 theirlength, pubescent; ovaries glabrous; styles 3-parted, free.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.161-162. Flower buds are purple-red, flowers white, slightly pink on the back of petals, 4.0-6.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 1.5-2.0 cm long. Perules 8-13, persistent, glabrous. Petals 7-9, 2.0-3.0 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm wide, obovate, slightly united at the base to the staminal column. Androecium white-pubescent, approximately 10 mm long, outer filaments fused at the base to form a short tube. Gynoecium 10 mm long, 3 styles, free, not fused, at the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: winter to spring.Capsules globose, 1.0-2.0 cm in diameter, surface purple-red at maturity, 3 locules, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Seeds pubescent. Leaves elliptic or broad-ovate, tip obtuse-acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 4.0-8.0 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm wide, serrulate, upper surface with midrib raised, glabrous, lower surface with midrib raised, slightly villous, cork-warts. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots slender, reddish brown, pubescent, older branches smooth, dark brown in color. Distribution: Limestone areas from the central to the northwest-ern part of Guangxi; Elevation: 150-400 m; Specific locality; on the hill behind the Liuzhou Fruit Institute, Liuzhou Daqiao, Liuzhou City, Guangxi, China.

Camellia longipedicellata has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia longipedicellata is listed as Endangered under criteria B1ab(iii).

长柄山茶Camellia longipedicellata(Hu) Cbang et Fang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18：229. 1980。首次发表在胡先骕. 1965. 中国山茶属和连蕊茶属新种与新变种(一). 植物分类学报. 141。 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第99页。【标本】广西：忻城，花白，1959年2月15日，兰香099(模式）；都安，梁盛业7904278。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶椭圆形，长4.5-7厘米；花梗长12毫米，苞片4-6,宿存；萼片7；花瓣9，长3厘米；雄蕊2/3连成花丝管，有微毛；子房无毛，花柱3条，离生。

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161-162页。花蕾紫红色，花朵白色，花瓣背面泛粉红色，花径4.0~6.0厘米，顶生或腋生，花柄长1.5~2.0厘米。鱗片8~13枚，宿存，无毛。花瓣7~9枚，长2.0~3.0厘 米，宽1.5~2.0厘米，倒卵形，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊被白色短柔毛，长约10毫米，外轮花丝连生形成短管。分布：广西壮族自治区中部至西北部石灰岩山地，海 拔150 -400米。可寻地点:广西壮族自治区柳州市大桥水果研究所背后山上。

长梗山茶最近一次于 2014年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为濒危 Endangered（EN）。