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白毛红山茶 Camellia albovillosa Hu ex Hung T. Chang

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Conservation Status

Remarks

This name is a synonym of Camellia reticulata

References

Camellia albovillosa S.Y.Hu ex Hung T.Chang  Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 62 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym

English

» Description

Camellia albovillosa, 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 albovillosa Hu ex Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:62. 1981. [Description] Shrub 1-2 m tall, branchlets pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 6-10 cm long, 3-4cm wide, apices abruptly acute, bases nearly rounded, slightly glossy above, at first pubescent below, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, margins serrulate, petioles 7-8 mm long. Flowers terminal, sessile, red; bracts and sepals 12, membranous when dry, 4-12 mmlong, greyish-white pubescent; petals 7-8, obovate, 3-3. 5 cm long, exterior of outer 3-4petals pubescent; stamens 2-2. 5 cm long; outer filament whorl forming a short tube, glabrous; ovaries pubescent, 3-5 locular; styles 1-1. 5 cm long, 3-5-cleft, glabrous. This species is distinct by having 12 perules, membranous when dry, greyish-white pubescent; ovaries 3-5 locular; leaves basally nearly rounded, somewhat pubescent, lateral veins to 10 pairs; branchlets pubescent.


» Distribution

Yunnan: Yuanjiang County, Wadi Town
Chinese

» Description

白毛红山茶Camellia albovillosa Hu, sp. nov. in herb. 张宏达,1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第62页。【标本】云南:元江,五区,漥垤,海拔1200米,花红色,19641123日,李延辉 5988(模式Typus! in Trop. Bot. Inst. Acad. Yunnan);同地,尹文清 1982【形态特征】灌木,高1-2米;嫩枝有毛。叶革质,椭圆形,长6-10厘米,宽3-4厘米,先端急短尖,基部近圆形,上面略有光泽,下面初时有柔毛,侧脉8-10对,边缘有细锯齿,叶柄长7-8毫米。花顶生,无柄,红色;苞片及萼片12片,干膜 质,长4-12毫米,被灰白毛;花瓣7-8片,倒卵形,长3.5厘米,外面3-4片有毛,雄蕊长2-2.5厘米,外轮花丝有短管,无毛,子房有毛,3-5室,花柱长1-1.5厘米,3-5裂,无毛。苞被12片,干膜质,被灰白毛,子房3-5室,叶基近圆形,多少被毛,侧脉多达10对,嫩枝有毛。


» Distribution

云南:元江,漥垤,海拔1200

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