超美山茶 Camellia decora Orel, Curry & LuuCamellia decora

Camellia decora Orel, Curry & Luu in Pursuit Hidden Camellias Vietnam China: 173-179 (2015).

TYPE: Vietnam. Ninh Thuan Province, 23 March 2009, Luu Hong Truong and staff of the Centre  for Biodiversity and Development, Luu VNM00012381 (holotype: NSW; isotypes, SGN).  

C. decora Orel, Curry & Luu possesses large, elliptic to oval leaves with acute apices; leaf base rounded to shallowly cordate; flowers terminal and axillary, single, geminate, or in threes, rather hard and brittle, light yellow, with randomly distributed orange areas, pink towards the petal margins; bracts 2-3; 3 persistent sepals; petals 8-9 (-10), unevenly arranged  in a tight spiral; outer filaments proximally fused to each other and to the  petals; inner filaments free to the base, with falcate and pronouncedly  bulbous bases; styles 3-4, hairy, free to the base, conical; ovary densely tomentose.

Etymology. The specific epithet of the new species refers to the outstanding aesthetic qualities of the new find.

Vietnam. Ninh Thuan Province

超美山茶C. decora Orel, Curry & Luu 的叶片较大，椭圆形到卵圆形，叶尖锐尖；叶基部圆形到浅心形；花顶生和腋生，单生，三出或三出，质硬而脆，淡黄色，有随机分布的橙色区域，花瓣边缘呈粉红色； 苞片2-3；3枚宿存萼片；花瓣8-9（-10），不均匀地排列成紧密的螺旋状；外花丝下部相互愈合，并与花瓣愈合；内花丝离生至基部，基部镰刀形，明显球状；花柱3-4，有毛，离生至基部，圆锥形；子房密被绒毛。

越南宁顺省