Section：Thea
Conservation Status：Least Concern
Remarks：This name is accepted
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Thea taliensis W.W.Sm. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 73 (1917) Homotypic Synonym
Camellia taliensis (W.W.Sm.) Melch. H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 21: 131 (1925) Accepted Name
Polyspora yunnanensis Hu Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 8: 135 (1938) Heterotypic Synonym
Gordonia yunnanensis (Hu) H.L.Li J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 307 (1944) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia irrawadiensis P.K.Barua Camellian 7(4): 18 (1956) Heterotypic Synonym
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Camellia taliensis, 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 taliensis (W. W. Sm.) Melchior in Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 21:131. 1925. [Description] Small tree, branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic or obovate, 6-15 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Pedicels 1. 2-1.4 cm long, bracts 2-3; sepals 5, persistent; petals 10-11, 3 cm long; stamens nearly free, ovaries pubescent, styles 4-5-cleft. Capsules oblate, 3 cm wide, 5-locular, valves 3 mm thick. [Synonym]Thea taliensis W. W. Sm., Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 10: 73. 1917.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.227. Flowers are white, 4.0-5.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of twigs and in leaf axils; bud set often abundant Pedicels 1.0 cm long, glabrous. Bracts 2, early deciduous. Sepals 5, persistent, outer surface glabrous, inside surface puberulent. Petals 7-11, 1.5-3.5 cm long, obovate, rounded at the tips, slightly united with the staminal column at the base. Androecium glabrous,2.0 cm long, outer filaments fused from the base into a cup 3-6 mm long. Gynoecium 1.4-2.5 cm long, 5 glabrous styles cleft at the tip, ovary white-tomentose. Blooming season: late autumn to winter. Capsules flattened-globose, 4.5-5.0 cm in diameter, 5 locules, pericarp wall 2 mm thick. Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, tip short acuminate, base broad cuneate, 8.5-15.0 cm long, 3.0-6.5 cm wide, margin sparsely serrulate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous, midribs and lateral veins raised on both sides of blade. Petioles 5-15 mm long, glabrous. Shrub or tree up to 8 m tall, young shoots slightly purple, glabrous, older branches gray in color. Distribution: Western Yunnan Province and northern Burma; Elevation: 1,300-2,700 m; Specific locality: Near Lake Erhai, Dali City, Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia taliensis has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia taliensis is listed as Least Concern.
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大理茶Camellia taliensis (W.W.Sm.) Melchior in Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第114页。【标本】云南；大理，洱海东面，西山，G.Forresr 13477；大理，刘慎谭17819,17923，21958；镇康，王启无72680,中苏联合考察队147。【形态特征】小乔木，嫩技无毛；叶椭圆形或倒卵形，9-15X4-6厘米；花梗长1.2-1.4厘米，苞片2-3；萼片5,宿存，花瓣10-11，长3厘米；雄蕊近离生；子房有毛，花柱4-5裂，蒴果扁球形，宽3厘米，5室，果片厚2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227页。花白色，花径4.0~5.0厘米，单花顶生或多朵腋生。花柄长1.0厘米，无毛。苞片2枚，早落。萼片5枚，宿存，表面无毛，里面被微毛。花瓣7~11枚，长1.5~3.5厘米，倒卵形，先端圆，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊无毛，长 2.0厘米，外轮花丝基部连生3~6毫米。雌蕊长1.4~2.5厘米，花柱先端5裂，子房被白色绒毛。花期秋末至冬季。蒴果扁球形，直径4.5~5.0厘米，5室，果皮厚2毫米。叶椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形，先端短渐尖，基部阔楔形，长8.5~15.0厘米，宽3.0~6.5厘米，边缘具稀疏齿，叶两面均无毛，中脉和侧脉两面凸起。叶柄长5~15毫米，无毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达8米，嫩枝带紫色，无毛，老枝灰色。分布：中国云南省西部以及缅甸的北部，海拔1300-2700米。可寻地点:云南省大理市洱海附近。
大理茶最近一次于 2015年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为无危 Least Concern（LC）。
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