Section：Camellia
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Remarks：
This name is a synonym of Camellia reticulata
References：
Camellia borealiyunnanica Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 78 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym
滇北红山茶 张宏达. 1981. 山茶属植物的系统研究.中山大学学报（自然科学）论丛(1):78 Chinese Name
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Camellia boreali-yunnanica, 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.102: Camellia boreali-yunnanica Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:78. 1981. [Description] Small tree 2-4 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, lanceolate, 6-9cm long, 2-2. 5 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate，bases obtuse，shiny above, yellowish-brown below; lateral veins 7-8 pairs, obscure on both surfaces; margins serrulate, petioles 5-8 mm long. Flowers red, 3 cm long; pedicels 3-4 mm long, coveredby 6-10 bracts and sepals; petals obovate, 9-10, 3 cm long, 1-1.2 cm wide, basallyconnate for 2-3 mm; stamens 14 mm long, filament tube 1 cm long, glabrous; ovaries pubescent; styles 1.2 cm long, apically 3-cleft. Capsules oblate, 2.5-3 cm in diameter, 3-valvate dehisccnt, valvcs 4-6 mm thick, 1-2 seeds per locule.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.31. Flowers are white to deep pink, 4.0-5.5 cm in diameter, borne at the tip of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 8-9. Petals 9-10, 3.0 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, obovate, tip slightly emarginate, slightly united at the base with the staminal column. Androecium glabrous, 1.1-1.4 cm long, outer filaments fused from the base into a tube 1 cm long. Gynoecium 1.2-1.4 cm long, 3 styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: spring.Capsules oblate, 2.5-3.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules. Pericarp wall4-5 mm in thickness.Leaves elliptic or wide-lanceolate, tip acuminate or acute, base cuneate or obtuse, 6.0-9.0 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, thick-coriaceous, both surfaces smooth and glabrous. Petiole 5-8 mm long, glabrous.Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth, gray-brown in color.(Data compiled from Chang, 1998; Chang and Bartholomew, 1984; Ming, 2000) Distribution: From Maer Mountain of Heqing County,Yunnan Province to Huili County of Sichuan province, China;Elevation: 1,200-1,800 m; Specific locality: Along route to Maer Mountain, Heqing County, Yunnan Province, China.
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滇北红山茶Camellia boreali-yunnanica Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第78页。【标本】云南：鹤庆，松桂，马耳山，1939年4月21日，冯国楣761(模式标本Typus! in Bot. Inst. Kunming)；盐津，成风公社，成风山，昆明植物所，滇东北组1095。四川：会理，川经西855。【形态特征】小乔木，高2-4米，嫩枝无毛。叶厚革质，披针形，长6-9厘米，宽2-2.5厘米，先端尾状渐尖，基部钝，上面发亮，下面黄褐色，例脉7-8对，在两面均不明显，边缘有细齿突，叶柄长5-8毫米。花红色，长3厘米，花柄长3-4毫米，被9-10片的苞片和萼片所复盖；花瓣倒卵形，9-10片，长3厘米，宽1-1.2厘米，基部连生仅2-3毫米；雄蕊长14毫米，花丝管长1厘米，无毛；子房有 毛，花柱长1.2厘米，先端3裂。蒴果扁球形，直径2.5-3厘米，3爿裂开，果片厚4-6毫米，每室有种子1-2个。
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31页。花白色至深粉红色，花径4.0~5.5厘米，顶生和腋生。鱗片8~9枚。花瓣9~ 10枚，长3.0厘米，宽1.2厘米，倒卵形，先端略凹缺，基部与雄蕊略连生。雄 蕊无毛，长1.1 ~ 1.4厘米，外轮花丝基部连生，形成长1 厘米的短管。雌蕊长1.2 ~ 1.4厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房被绒毛。花期春季。蒴果扁球形，直径2.5~3厘米，3室，果皮厚4~5笔木。叶椭圆形至宽披针形，先端渐尖或急尖，基部楔形或 钝状，长6.0~9.0厘米，宽2.0 ~ 3.0厘米，边缘具细齿， 叶片厚革质，两面光滑，无毛，侧脉不明显。叶柄长5 ~ 8 毫米，无毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达4米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，灰褐色。分布：云南省鹤庆县马耳山向北至四川省会理一带，海拔1200-1800 米。 可寻地点:云南省鹤庆县去马耳山途中山地。
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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、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、褪色红山茶 Camellia albescens 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
