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大白山茶 Camellia albogigas Hu

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Section:Archecamellia

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Remarks

This name is a synonym of Camellia granthamiana

English

» Description

Camellia albogigas, Subgenus Protocamellia, Sect. Archecamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.32: Camellia albogigas Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 132. 1965. [Description] This species is very close to C. granthamiana, but there are up to 17 bracts and sepals which are also smaller, the fruit does not completely enclose the capsule; petals 10, fila-ments connate into a short tube or nearly free; styles 5-cleft to nearly one-half the length, lower half connate; 1 seed per locule of the capsule.

» Distribution

Guangdong: Fengkai county.
Chinese

» Description

大白山茶Camellia albogigas Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10132. 1965. 张宏达,1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第16页。【标本】广东Kuangtung:封开县,七星公社,丘华兴182;同地,黄岗山,陈少卿 S.C.Chun18405 (模式Typus!)。【形态特征】这个种和大荀白山茶Sealy很接近,只是荀及萼片多达17片,而且较短小,在结果实时不完全包着整个蒴果,花瓣10片,花丝连合成短管或近离 生,花柱5裂过半,下半部连合,种子每室1个。

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广东:封开县

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