Section：Theopsis
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Remarks：This name is accepted
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Thea caudata var. faberi Kochs Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 583 (1900) Heterotypic Synonym
Thea elongata Rehder & E.H.Wilson C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 392 (1915) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia elongata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 224 (1922) Accepted Name
Theopsis elongata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 16: 705 (1940) Heterotypic Synonym
长管连蕊茶 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):152 Chinese Name
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Camellia elongata, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Gymnandrae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 144. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.181: Camellia elongata (Rehd. & Wils.) Rehd., Journ. Arn. Arb. 3: 224. 1922. [Description] Branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, apices long-pointed, glabrous. Pedicels 1 cm long; calyx cup-shaped, glabrous; outer filament whorl nearly totallyconnate into a tube, inner free filaments whorl pubescent. Capsules ovate. Thea elongata Rehd. & Wils. in Sargent, Pl. Wils. 2:392. 1915. \Thea caudata var. faberi Kochs in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 27: 583. 1900. \Theopsis elongata (Rehd. & Wils.)Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16: 705. 1940.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.236. Flowers are white, sometimes with a trace of red on the outer petals, slightly fragrant, 1.4-2.2 cm in diameter， borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 7-12 mm long, glabrous. Bracts 4, fine hairs on margins. Sepals 5, outer surface glabrous, inside finely pubescent with fine hairs on margins. Petals 5-7, 1.5-2.0 cm. long, oblong with rounded tip, slightly fused at the base with the staminal column. Androecium glabrous, 1.7 cm long, outer stamens fused from the base into a tube up to 1.3-1.5 cm long (filaments mostly fused). Gynoecium 1.7 cm long, 3 styles shallowly cleft at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: late autumn to early winter. Capsules ovate, 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter, 1 locule，pericarp wall extremely thin. Leaves narrowly elliptic, tip long-acuminate to caudate, base cuneate, young leaves red, 4.0-7.0 cm long, 1.0-2.0 cm wide, margin very shallowly serrulate on the upper half, upper surface with the midrib impressed, lower surface with the midrib raised. Petioles 2-4 mm long. Shrub or small tree up to 6 m tall, young shoots glabrous, twigs slender, older branches smooth, dark-brown in color. Distribution: Under forest canopy from southern Sichuan Prov-ince to northern Guizhou Province; Elevation: 1,000-1,800 m; Spe-cific locality: Emei Mountain, Emei City, Sichuan Province, China.
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长管连蕊茶Camellia elongata (Rehd. et Wils.) Rehder in Journ. Arn. Arb. 3： 224, 1922. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第152页。【标本】四川：峨眉山，方文培7797；同地，杨光辉52703，53270，55985，56029, 57518；张宏达5628，5629，5638。贵州：无地点，贵州农学院11。【形态特征】嫩枝无毛，叶狭披针形，先端长尖，无毛；花梗长1厘米；花萼杯状，无毛；外轮雄蕊几全部连生成管状，内部离生雄蕊有毛；蒴果卵形。
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236页。花白色，花瓣背面略带粉红色，略芳香，花径1.4~2.2厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长7~12毫米，无毛。苞片4枚，边缘有睫毛。萼片5枚，表面无毛，里面有细毛，边缘具睫毛。花瓣5~7枚，长1.5~2.0厘米，长圆形，先端圆，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊无毛，长1.7厘米，外轮花丝基部连生，形成1.3~1.5厘米长短管。雌蕊无毛，长1.7厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房无毛。花期晚秋至冬初。蒴果长球形，直径1.2~1.5厘米，1室，果皮极薄。叶窄椭圆形，先端长渐尖至尾尖，基部楔形，幼叶红色，长4.0~8.0厘米，宽1.0~2.0厘米，边缘上半部具浅钝齿，叶面中脉凹陷，叶背中脉凸起。叶柄长2~4灌木或小乔木，高可达6米，嫩枝无毛，枝条细软，老枝光滑，暗褐色。分布：四川省南部峨眉山至贵州西部一带（通常生长 在林下）)母拔"1000-1800米。可寻地点:四川省峨眉山市峨眉山。
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Species in the Same Section: 细叶金花茶 Camellia parvifolia Cohen-Stuart、黄杨叶连蕊茶 Camellia buxifolia Hung T.Chang、贵州连蕊茶 Camellia costei H.Lév.、厚柄连蕊茶 Camellia crassipes Sealy、尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) Hort. ex Bean、浙江尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) Bean var. chekiangensis Sealy、大花尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata var. grandiflora Sealy、柃叶连蕊茶 Camellia euryoides Lindl.、蒙自连蕊茶 Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart、毛花连蕊茶 Camellia fraterna Hance、岳麓连蕊茶 Camellia handelii Sealy、九嶷山连蕊茶 Camellia jiuyishanica Hung T.Chang & L.L.Qi、披针萼连蕊茶 Camellia lancicalyx Hung T.Chang、披针叶连蕊茶 Camellia lancilimba Hung T.Chang、荔波连蕊茶 Camellia lipoensis Hung T.Chang & Z.R.Xu 、长果连蕊茶 Camellia longicarpa Hung T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.、琉球连蕊茶 Camellia lutchuensis T.Itō、大萼连蕊茶 Camellia macrosepala Hung T.Chang、微花连蕊茶 Camellia minutiflora Hung T.Chang、能高山茶 Camellia nokoensis Hayata、细叶连蕊茶 Camellia parvilimba Merr. & F.P.Metcalf、小卵叶连蕊茶 Camellia parviovata Hung T.Chang & S.S.Wang、超长尖连蕊茶 Camellia percuspidata Hung T.Chang、玫瑰连蕊茶 Camellia rosiflora Hook、肖长尖连蕊茶 Camellia subacutissima Hung T.Chang、川滇连蕊茶 Camellia synaptica Sealy、阿里山连蕊茶 Camellia transarisanensis (Hayata) Cohen-Stuart、南投秃连蕊茶 Camellia transnokoensis Hayata、三花连蕊茶 Camellia triantha Hung T.Chang、毛枝连蕊茶 Camellia trichoclada (Rehder) S.S.Chien、云南连蕊茶 Camellia tsaii Hu、细萼连蕊茶 Camellia tsofui S.S.Chien、广强山茶 Camellia quangcuongii L.V.Dung, S.T. Hoang & Nhan、比杜普山茶 Camellia bidoupensis Truong, Luong & Tran、长凸连蕊茶 Camellia longicuspis S.Ye Liang 、长萼连蕊茶 Camellia longicalyx Hung T.Chang、尖萼蒙自连蕊茶 Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart var. acutisepala (H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng) Hung T.Chang、细尖连蕊茶 Camellia parvicuspidata Hung T.Chang、长尖连蕊茶 Camellia acutissima Hung T.Chang、美齿连蕊茶 Camellia callidonta Hung T.Chang、川鄂连蕊茶 Camellia rosthorniana Hand.-Mazz.、短柄细叶连蕊茶 Camellia parvilimba var. brevipes Hung T.Chang、小石果连蕊茶 Camellia parvilapidea Hung T.Chang、五室连蕊茶 Camellia stuartiana Sealy、秃梗连蕊茶 Camellia dubia Sealy、膜叶连蕊茶 Camellia membranacea Hung T.Chang、钟萼连蕊茶 Camellia campanisepala Hung T. Chang、金平连蕊茶 Camellia tsingpienensis、毛萼金屏茶 Camellia tsingpienensis var. pubisepala Hung T.Chang、绿萼连蕊茶 Camellia viridicalyx、小长尾连蕊茶 Camellia parvicaudata Hung T.Chang、半秃连蕊茶 Camellia subglabra Chang、毛丝连蕊茶 Camellia trichandra Hung T.Chang
