Section：Archecamellia
Conservation Status：Data Deficient
Remarks：This name is accepted
References：
Thea pleurocarpa Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 130 (1942) Homotypic Synonym
Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia: 38 (1958) Accepted Name
Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1970-1975). Flora of Thailand 2: 1-484. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department. Cited Name
Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp. Cited Name
Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy Nguyễn, H.H. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 19: 176-178. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội. Cited Name
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» Description
Camellia pleurocarpa, Subgenus Protocamellia, Sect. Archecamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.32: Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 38. 1958. [Description] Branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic, 11-15 cm long, 5-6. 5 cm wide, bases cuneate, glabrous. Capsules with 1. 5 cm long pedicels, oblate, 3. 5 cm wide, 16 persistent sepals subtending a 5-locular capsule, combined diameter 5 cm; styles 5-parted, free. [Distribution] Vietnam. [Synonym] Thea pleurocarpa Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10: 130. 1942.
Description : Tree to 10 m high. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 9–15 by 3.5–6.5 cm; apex acute or rounded, abruptly acuminate; base cuneate; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers solitary at the end of branchlets. Bracteoles 2 or 3, caducous. Sepals 5 or 6, broadly ovate or orbicular, 5–8 mm long. Petals 5, white, ovate to orbicular, connate below, 1.2–1.5 cm long. Outer stamens connate below and adnate to the corolla. Ovary glabrous; styles 5, free to the base.
Northern Thailand: Chiang Mai (Fang, Mae Hang drainage). Vietnam：Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa province
Camellia pleurocarpa has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia pleurocarpa is listed as Data Deficient. This species was studied in Viet Nam, please visit https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/272496.(Study on the Biological and ecological characteristics, and distribution of Camellia pleuocarrpa (Gagnep.) Sealy at Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Province) , The photos of flowers in this paper should be wrong. as the petals should be 5 and white.
» Distribution
Thailand : Chiang Mai. Vietnam
» Description
肋果山茶Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia,
38.1958. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第16页。【标本】分布于越南。【形态特征】嫩枝无毛，叶椭圆形，长11-15厘米，宽5-6.5厘基部楔形，无毛，蒴果有长1.5厘米的果柄，扁球形，宽3.5厘米，宿萼16片，总直径5厘米，托住5室的朔果，花柱5条，离生。
描述：乔木，高达10米。叶革质，椭圆形至宽椭圆形，长9–15厘米，宽3.5–6.5厘米；叶尖急尖或圆形，突然渐尖；叶基楔形；叶柄长0.5厘米。花单生于小枝端。苞片2或3枚，早落。萼片5或6枚，宽卵形或近圆形，长5–8毫米。花瓣5枚，白色，卵形至近圆形，下部连合，长1.2–1.5厘米。外雄蕊下部连合并与花冠密着。子房无毛；雌蕊柱头5枚，自基部离生。
分布：泰国北部清迈。越南清化省普龙自然保护区
肋果山茶最近一次于 2015年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为数据缺乏 Data Deficient（DD）。
» Distribution
越南,泰国
Species in the Same Section: 越南抱茎茶 Camellia amplexicaulis (Pitard) Coh. Stuart.、大苞山茶 Camellia granthamiana Sealy、大白山茶 Camellia albogigas Hu、麦安山茶 Camellia maianhii Curry, VD Luong & ND Do、大花萼山茶 Camellia megasepala Hung T.Chang & Trin Ninh、普候山茶 Camellia puhoatensis N.S.Lý, V.D.Luong, T.H.Lê, D.H.Nguyễn & N.D.Do、普康金花茶 Camellia pukhangensis N.D.Do, V.D.Luong, S.T.Hoang & T.H.Lê、文朗山茶 Camellia vanlangensis V.D.Luong & V.T.Pham、白抱茎山茶 Camellia lucii Orel & Curry、肖抱茎山茶 Camellia ingens Orel & Curry、拟抱茎山茶 Camellia scabrosa Orel & Curry、梨果抱茎山茶 Camellia pyriparva Orel & Curry、柱蕊茶 Camellia cylindracea T.L.Ming、长叶山茶 Camellia calcicola T.L.Ming、玉玄山茶 Camellia ngochuyeniae V. D. Luong & N. B. Trinh、平元山茶 Camellia nguyenii V. D. Luong & N. D. Do
