浙江红山茶 Camellia chekiangoleosa HuCamellia chekiangoleosa

Camellia chekiangoleosa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Lucidissima Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 79. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.104: Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 131. 1965. [Description] Bracts and sepals 14-16, petals7, ovaries glabrous. Fruit oblate, 3-5-locular, 3-8 seedsper locule. This species is very close to C. japonica except the latter has only 10 bracts and sepals, petals 5-6, seeds smaller.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.36-37. Flowers are red, 7.7-12.0 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 10-16, persistent, outside silver-white-tomentose, inside glabrous with tomentose tip. Pet-als 6-8,5.9-8.4 cm long, 33-6.7 cm wide, obcordate, cleft at tip from 5-14 mm, fused with the staminal column 10-15 mm from the base. Androecium glabrous, 2.7-5.0 cm long, the outermost stamens fused from the base into a cup of up to 2.0 cm, approximate number of stamens 150-200. Gynoecium 2.1-5 A cm long, 3-5 styles, glabrous, 25%-93% fused from the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: midwinter to spring.Capsules globose, 4.0-7.0 cm long, 4.0-6.5 cm in diameter, glabrous,3-5 locules, 3-6 seeds per locule, pericarp thickness 8-15 mm. Seed oil content ranges from 27%-34.1%.Leaves elliptic in shape, tip strongly acuminate to occasionally cuspidate, base cuneate to mostly rounded, 6.7-12.5 cm long, 3.0-6.0 cm wide, margin serrulate, teeth spaced 3-6 mm apart, upper and lower surfaces glabrous, upper surface smooth, lower surface with raised midvein. Petiole 5-13 mm long, glabrous.Shrub or small tree up to 7 m tall, shoots glabrous, young twigs brown becoming tan with age, older branches smooth and gray in color.Chromosome Number: 2n=30(Huang, et al, 1984; Gu, et al., 1988).(Data combined from Hu, 1965; Chang, 1998; Ming, 2000; Parks, unpub.) Distribution: Wenzhou, Lishui, Taizhou, Jinhua and Quzhou of Zhejiang Province, and in eastern Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces, northern Fujian Province, southwestern Hubei Province and southeastern Anhui Province; Elevation: 500-1,300 m; Specific locality: Jingning Forest Farm, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China.

Wenzhou, Lishui, Taizhou, Jinhua and Quzhou of Zhejiang Province, and in eastern Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces, northern Fujian Province, southwestern Hubei Province and southeastern Anhui Province; Elevation: 500-1,300 m; Specific locality: Jingning Forest Farm, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China.

浙江红山茶Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10：131, 1965. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第79页。【标本】浙江：开化，王景祥0001 (模式Typus!)；丽水，王景祥，无号；丽水，冯晋庸1054,杭州，张宏达5165。江西：虔南，刘心祈4389。福建：崇安，王名金3381；唐瑞荣489；福鼎，杨赐福703。湖南：祈忠经0025。【形态特征】这个种的苞及萼片14-16片，花瓣7子房无毛，果实扁球形，3-5室，种子每室3-8个，和山茶C.japonica很接近，后者的苞及萼片只有10片，花瓣5-6片，种子较少。

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36-37页。花红色，直径7.7~12.0厘米，单花顶生或腋生。鱗片宿存，10~16枚，外面被银白色絹毛，里面无毛，先端被絹毛。花瓣6~8枚，长5.9~8.4厘米，宽3.3〜6.7厘米，倒心形，先端有5~14毫米裂口，基部与雄蕊柱连生 10~15毫米。雄蕊无毛，长2.7~5.0厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成2厘米长短管，雄蕊数150~200枚。雌蕊长2.7~5.4厘米，花柱3~5个，无毛，基部合生25%~ 93%，子 房无毛。花期冬季中期到春季。蒴果球形，长4.0~7.0厘米，直径4.0~6.5厘米，无毛，3~5室，每室3~6粒种子，果皮厚8~15毫米。种子含油量为27%~34.1 %。叶椭圆形，先端急尖，偶有尾尖，基部楔形至圆形，长 6.7~12.5厘米，宽2.3~6.0厘米，边缘具齿，齿距3~6毫米，革质，叶面有光泽，浓绿色，光滑，叶背略有光泽，淡绿色，中脉凸起，两面均无毛。叶柄长5~ 13毫米，无毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达7米，嫩枝无毛，幼枝随生长由褐色变为黄褐色，老枝光滑，灰色。分布：浙江省温州、丽水、台州、金华、衢州等地，江 西、湖南东部、福建北部、湖北的西南部以及安徽的东南部也有分布，海拔500-1300米。可寻地点:浙江省丽水市景宁林场。

浙江省温州、丽水、台州、金华、衢州等地，江西、湖南东部、福建北部、湖北的西南部以及安徽的东南 部也有分布，海拔500~1300米。可寻地点:浙江省丽水市景宁林场。