Section：Camellia
Conservation Status：
Remarks：
This name is a synonym of Camellia reticulata
References：
Camellia albescens Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 63 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym
» Description
Camellia albescens, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981.
Ser. Reticulatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ.
Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias,
p.86: Camellia
albescens Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 63. 1981. [Description]
Shrub 1. 5 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves
coriaceous, ovate, 4-6. 5 cm long, 2.5-4cm wide, apices subacute, bases rounded,
shiny above; yellowish-green below, becoming reddish-brown in the dry state; lateral
veins 6 pairs, margins serrate, petioles3-5 mm long. Flowers axillary, 3-3. 5
cm long white, subsessile; bracts and sepals 10, to1.4 cm long, yellowish-brown
sericeous; petals 12, obovate-orbicular; stamens 2 cmlong, outer filament whorl
forming a short tube, glabrous, anthers 3 mm long, ovariesyellow-velutinous; styles
2 cm long glabrous, apically 3-cleft. Capsules globose, 2.5-3cm in diameter, 3-valvate
dehiscent, 1-2 seeds per locule, valves 4-5 mm thick.
» Distribution
Yunnan: Songming, Shaodian, Guodong
» Description
褪色红山茶Camellia albescens Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第63页。【标本】云南：嵩明，邵甸，果东，花白，1957年4月6日，邱炳云54208 (模式Typusi in Bot. Inst.
Kunming)；同地，果东，毛品一135；大姚，六川公社，屏风山小 队，海拔1900米，翟苹60-11。【形态特征】灌木，高1-1.5米，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，卵形，长4-6.5厘米，宽2.5-4厘米，先端略尖，基部圆形，上面发亮，下面干后由黄绿变红褐色，侧脉约6对，边缘有锯齿，叶柄长3-5毫米。花腋生，长3-3.5厘米，白色，近无柄；苞片及萼片10，最长1.4厘米，被黄褐色绢毛；花瓣倒卵圆形，12片；雄蕊长2厘米，外轮花丝有短管，无毛，花药长3毫米；子房被黄茸毛，花柱长2厘米，无毛，先端3浅裂，蒴果圆球形，直径2.5-3厘米。3爿裂开，每室有种子1-2个。果爿厚4-5毫米。
» Distribution
云南：嵩明，邵甸，果东
Species in the Same Section: 白丝毛红山茶 Camellia albosericea Hung T.Chang、白灵山红山茶 Camellia bailinshanica Hung T.Chang、竹叶红山茶 Camellia bambusifolia Hung T.Chang、滇北红山茶 Camellia boreali-yunnanica Hung T.Chang、短蕊红山茶 Camellia brevigyna Hung T.Chang、短柄红山茶 Camellia brevipetiolata Hung T.Chang、杜鹃红山茶 Camellia azalea C. F. Wei、浙江红山茶 Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu、扁果红山茶 Camellia compressa Hung T. Chang、厚叶红山茶 Camellia crassissima Hung T.Chang & S.H.Shi、隐脉红山茶 Camellia cryptoneura Hung T. Chang、东南山茶 Camellia edithae Hance、香港红山茶 Camellia hongkongensis Seem.、山茶 Camellia japonica L.、雪椿 Camellia rusticana Honda、金沙江红山茶 Camellia jinshajiangica Hung T.Chang & S.L.Lee、石果红山茶 Camellia lapidea Y.C.Wu、连山红山茶 Camellia lienshanensis Hung T.Chang、长尾红山茶 Camellia longicaudata Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、长蕊红山茶 Camellia longigyna Hung T.Chang、长管红山茶 Camellia longituba Hung T.Chang、闪光红山茶 Camellia lucidissima Hung T.Chang、龙胜红山茶 Camellia lungshenensis Hung T.Chang、大花红山茶 Camellia magniflora Hung T.Chang、大果红山茶 Camellia magnocarpa (S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang) Hung T.Chang、毛蕊红山茶 Camellia mairei (H.Lév.) Melch.、莽山红山茶 Camellia mongshanica Hung T.Chang & C.S.Ye、寡脉红山茶 Camellia oligophlebia Hung T.Chang、峨眉红山茶 Camellia omeiensis Hung T.Chang、寡瓣红山茶 Camellia paucipetala Hung T.Chang、栓壳红山茶 Camellia phellocapsa Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、栓皮红山茶 Camellia phelloderma Hung T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang、西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart、窄叶西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii var. yunnanica Sealy、西南白山茶 Camellia pitardii var. alba Chang、多齿红山茶 Camellia polyodonta F.C.How ex Hu、滇山茶 Camellia reticulata Lindl.、怒江红山茶 Camellia saluenensis Stapf ex Bean、南山茶 Camellia semiserrata C.W.Chi、白花南山茶 Camellia semiserrata var. albiflora S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang、粗毛红山茶 Camellia setiperulata Hung T. Chang & B. K. Li、斑枝红山茶 Camellia stictoclada Hung T. Chang、全缘红山茶 Camellia subintegra P.C.Huang、薄壳红山茶 Camellia tenuivalvis Hung T.Chang、毛籽红山茶 Camellia trichosperma Hung T.Chang、东安红山茶 Camellia tunganica Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、单体红山茶 Camellia uraku Kitam.、长毛红山茶 Camellia villosa Hung T. Chang et S. Y. Liang、息烽山茶 Camellia xifongensis Y.K.Li ex X.C.Chen & F.Z.Zheng、木果红山茶 Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Hung T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.Bartholmew、滇南毛蕊山茶 Camellia mairei var. velutina Sealy、贵州红山茶 Camellia kweichowensis Hung T.Chang、白毛红山茶 Camellia albovillosa Hu ex Hung T. Chang、多萼红山茶 Camellia multiperulata Hung T.Chang、卵果红山茶 Camellia oviformis Hung T.Chang、石果山茶 Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Y.C.Wu) Sealy、隐脉西南山茶 Camellia pitardii var. cryptoneura (Hung T.Chang) T.L.Ming
