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Camellia acutiserrata, Subgenus Thea, Sect.
Corallina, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce
Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.116:
Camellia acutiserrata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ.
Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:91. 1981. [Description] Small tree 4-5 m tall, branchlets pubescent. Leaves
coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 5-7cm long, 2.5-3. 3 cm wide, apices
caudate-acuminate, bases rounded, not shiny above, pubescent along the midvein
below, lateral veins 9-11 pairs, margins sharply serrate, petioles 5-7 mm long.
Flowers subsessile; bracts 5, broadly ovate, 2 mm long; sepals 5, suborbicular,
4-11 mm long, glabrous, scarious; petals 6-8, 2 cm long, white, glabrous; stamens
short; ovaries glabrous, 3-locular; styles 3-parted. Capsules globose, 2.5-3
cmin diameter, 3-valvate dehiscent, valves 5 mm thick, 1 seed per locule.
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尖齿离蕊茶Camellia acutiserrata Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981.
《山茶属植物的系统研究》第91页。【标本】贵州：册亨，陆家洞，曹子余456，（模式Typus! in Herb. Bot.
Inst. Acad. Sin.)。【形态特征】小乔木，嫩枝有毛。叶革质，卵状披针形，长5-7厘米，宽2.5-3.3厘米，先端尾状渐尖，基部圆形，上面不发亮，下面沿中脉有毛，侧脉9-11对，边缘有尖锐锯齿，叶柄长5-7毫米。花近无柄，苞片5,阔卵形，长2毫米；萼片5,近圆形，长4-11毫米，无毛，干膜质；花瓣6-8片，长2厘米，白色，无毛，雄蕊短；子房无毛，3室，花柱3,蒴果球形，直径2.5-3厘米，3爿裂开，果爿厚5毫米，每室有种子1个。
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贵州：册亨，陆家洞
Species in the Same Section: 毛籽离蕊茶 Camellia pilosperma S.Yun Liang、红花离蕊茶 Camellia rubriflora Ninh & Hakoda、海宁山茶 Camellia ninhii V.D.Luong & Le、离蕊茶 Camellia corallina (Gagnep.) Sealy、越北金花茶 Camellia tonkinensis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart、滇缅离蕊茶 Camellia wardii Kobuski、越南离蕊茶 Camellia fleuryi、腺叶离蕊茶 Camellia paucipunctata (Merr. & Chun) Chun、五数离蕊茶 Camellia pentamera Hung T.Chang、膜萼离蕊茶 Camellia scariosisepala Hung T.Chang、德华山茶 Camellia hoaana H. T. Khuong & S. X. Yang
