琉球短柱茶 Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & NemotoCamellia miyagii

Camellia miyagii, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.56: Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Mak. & Nem., Fl. Jap., ed., 2, 738. 1931. [Description] This species is very close to C. brevistyla, only the branchlets are glabrous; leaves slightly larger, margins not serrate, petals pubescent; styles 5-6 mm long, upper halfdeeply 3-cleft. Cultivated cultivars are double flowered, styles 3 mm long. [Synonym]Thea miyagii Koidz., Bot. Mag. Tokyo 32: 252. 1918.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.190. Flowers are very similar to C. sasanqua, but may be a little smaller, and the style is reported to be slightly shorter. Leaf blades are elliptic to very broadly elliptic, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate to obtriangular, 3.9-8.1 cm long and 1.9-3.6 cm wide, mostly glabrous, but occasionally hirsutulous on the lower portion of the upper midvein. Petiole with only a few hairs in the cleft or on the side. Stems sparsely villous to glabrous. Leaves of C. miyagii from the Riu Kiu Islands tend to be wider than those from the plants of C. sasanqua on the main islands, and leaves and stems are much less pubescent. In other regards, C miyagii is very much like C. sasanqua. Distribution: Restricted to the Riu Kiu Islands, Japan; Elevation: 300-400 m; Specific locality: Nago Dake (Mt. Nago) at 345 m, Town of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (type locality for C. miyagii).

Restricted to the Riu Kiu Islands, Japan; Elevation: 300-400 m; Specific locality: Nago Dake (Mt. Nago) at 345 m, Town of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (type locality for C. miyagii).

琉球短柱茶Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino et Nemoto, FI. Jap. ed. 2, 738, 1931. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第39页。【标本】广东Kwangtung：广州栽培，陈少卿7028.日本Japan：琉球群岛，Suzuri Torioi，1937年12月17日，南京植物所51422。【形态特征】这个种很接近C. breuistyla，只是嫩枝无毛，叶片稍大，边缘无锯齿；花瓣有毛，花柱长5-6毫米，上半部3深裂。栽培的品种出现重瓣，雄蕊离生，花柱长3毫米。

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190页。花与茶梅极为相似，但略小，花柱较短。叶片椭圆形至阔椭圆形，先端尖至急尖，基部楔形至倒三角形，长3.9~8.1厘米，宽1.9~3.6厘米，多数无毛，但叶面中脉下部偶见硬毛。叶柄通常有少量毛。茎有稀疏柔毛或无 毛。琉球群岛上的琉球短柱茶，其叶片比日本本岛其他地区的要宽一些，叶片和枝条被毛也要少一些。琉球短柱茶在其他方面的性状特征均与茶梅相同。分布：仅在日本琉球群岛有自然分布，海拔300-400 米。可寻地点:日本冲绳 Nago 镇 Nago Dake 山345米处。

仅在日本琉球群岛有自然分布，海拔300~400米。可寻地点:日本冲绳Nago镇Nago Dake山345米处。