光果山茶 Camellia henryana Cohen-StuartCamellia henryana

Camellia henryana, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Pseudocamellia, SER. II. Gymnocarpae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 46. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.66: Camellia henryana Cohen-Stuart, Meded. Proefst. Thee 40: 132. 1916. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 7-11 cm long, 3-4. 5 cm wide, basesrounded. Ovaries 3-locular, glabrous; styles 3-parted, free. Capsules oblate, with sepalsearly deciduous. When Cohen-Stuart published this species, he mixed up specimens with glabrousand non-glabrous ovaries. Sealy mentioned this problem and used a glabrousspecimen, Henry 10908 as the lectotype. Based on a large number of specimens, webelieve that the difference between glabrous and non-glabrous ovaries is not a minordistinction. This difference is correlated with leaf thickness, the non-glabrous ovaryplants having membranous leaves and those with glabrous ovaries having coriaceousieaves.  [Distribution] Yunnan, Sichuan. [Synonym] Thea henryana (Cohen-Stuart) Rehder, Journ. Arn. Arb. 5:338. 1924.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.209. Flowers white, 3.0-4.0 cm (sometimes over 5 cm) in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 9-10, persistent, outer surface glabrous, inside pubescent. Petals 7-10, 2.5-4.0 cm long, 1.4-3.5 cm wide, obovate in shape, united from the base to the staminal column for up to 6 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.8-2.5 cm long, fused 4-6 mm from the base into a column. Gynoecium 1.4-2.1 cm long, 3 styles, free, not fused at the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: winter to early spring. Capsules globose or oblate, 2.2-4.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules, pericarp wall green and smooth, 1-2 mm thick. Seeds slightly pubescent. Leaves ovate or oval-ovate, tip acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 6.0-11.5 cm long, 2.0-4.8 cm wide, minutely serrate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface with midrib villous, lower surface with midrib slightly villous. Petioles 3-7 mm long, pubescent. Shrub or small tree up to 7.5 m tall, young shoots villous, older branches smooth. Distribution: Mengzi, Wenshan, Guangnan and Heqing, and Jizu Mountain in southeastern Yunnan Province and southwestern Guizhou Province; Elevation: 1,000¬2,300 m; Specific locality: Maershan, Heqing County, Yunnan Province, China.

光果山茶Cameiiia henryana Cohen Stuart in Meded. Proefst. Thee, 40： 132-3, fig. 13,1916； Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia 161, 1958. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第46页。【标本】四川：会理，俞德浚1611，云南：福贡，蔡希陶54874；勐海，王启无77304；俞德浚17762，18258；景东，许溯桂5109。分布：云南，四川。【形态特征】这个种的嫩枝有毛，叶卵状橢圆形，基部圆，长7-11厘米，宽3-4.5厘米，子房3室，无毛。花柱3条，离生。蒴果扁圆形，不具宿存萼片。Cohen Stuart发表这个种时，把子房无毛及有毛的标本都混在一起。Sealy 在他的专著里曾提到这一点，并以A.Henry 10908、子房无毛的标本作为选模式(Lectotype)。根据大量的标本所示，子房无毛或有毛，不是微不足道或者偶然的现象，常伴随着叶的厚薄有别。子房无毛的，叶片纸质，反之呈革质。

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209页。花白色，花径3.0~4.0厘米（有时可达5厘米以上），顶生或腋生。鱗片9~10枚，宿存，表面无毛，里面被柔毛。花瓣7~10枚，长2.5~4.0厘米，宽1.4~3.5厘米，倒卵形，基部连生6毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.8~2.5厘米，基部连生4~6毫米。雌蕊长1.4~2.1厘米，花柱3条，基部离生，子房无毛。花期冬季至春初。蒴果球形或扁球形，直径2.2~4.0厘米，3室，果皮绿色，无毛，厚1~2毫米。种子略被毛。叶卵形或长椭圆状卵形，先端渐尖，基部阔楔形或圆形，长6.0~11.5厘米，宽2.0~4.8厘米，边缘具细齿，薄革质，叶面中脉有毛，叶背中脉略被毛。叶柄长3~7毫米，被柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达7.5米，嫩枝柔软，被灰黄色柔毛，老枝光滑。分布：云南省的东南部和贵州省的西南 部，如蒙自、文山、广南、鹤庆、鸡足山一带，海拔1000-2300米。可寻地点:云南省鹤庆县马耳山。