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中越山茶 Camellia indochinensis Merr.

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Remarks:This name is accepted

References

Camellia indochinensis Merr.  J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 347 (1939) Accepted Name

Thea indochinensis (Merr.) Gagnep.  H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 307 (1943) Homotypic Synonym

中越山茶  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):99 Chinese Name

Camellia indochinensis Merr.  Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp. Cited Name

Camellia indochinensis Merr.  Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). Cited Name

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Camellia indochinensis, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Longipedicellata, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.127: Camellia indochinensis Merr., Journ. Arn. Arb. 20: 347. 1939. [Description] Branchlets glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic, 10 cm long, 4. 5 cm wide. Pedicels 5-6 cm long; bracts 6, opposite; sepals 5; petals 8-9, 1.6 cm long; filament tube8mm long, ovaries glabrous, styles 3-parted. Capsules oblate, 4 cm wide, 2 cm high, 3-locular, 2 seeds per locule. [Distribution] Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces of China as well as northern Vietnam. [Synonym] Thea indochinensis (Merr.) Gagnep., Suppl. Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine, 1: 307. 1943.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline,p.160. Flowers are white, 3.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 5-6 mm long, glabrous. Perules 10-11, glabrous. Petals 8-9, 1.5-2.0 cm long, obovate, united from the base with the staminal column 3-4 mm. Androecium glabrous, approximately 1.5 cm long, outer filaments fused from the base 6 mm to form a tube. Gynoecium 1.3 cm long, 3 glabrous styles, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: late autumn to early winter. Capsules oblate, 3.0-4.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules. Leaves elliptic, tip obtuse-acuminate, base blunt, 6.5-11.0 cm long,3.0-5.4 cm wide, margin obtusely serrulate with teeth spaced 1.5-4.0 mm apart, lower surface glabrous, lateral veins raised, scattered cork-warts. Petioles 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall, young shoots glabrous, grayish-brown, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: Tiane and Jinxiu counties, Guangxi, southwestern Guizhou Province,southeastern Yunnan Province, China and northern Vietnam; Elevation: 250-400 m; Specific locality: a hill behind Liuxiang Village, Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China.

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Tiane and Jinxiu counties, Guangxi, southwestern Guizhou Province, southeastern Yunnan Province, China and northern Vietnam; Elevation: 250-400 m; Specific locality: a hill behind Liuxiang Village, Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China.
Chinese

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中越山茶Camellia indochinensis Merr. in Journ. Am. Arb. 20347, 1939. 张宏达,1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第99页。【标本】云南:金屏,毛品一446。贵州:罗甸,植物研究所黔南队170287;贵州队496,8867;册亨,曹子余1260。广西:天峨,党宝焯59。分布:中国的贵州,广西,云南,越南北部。【形态特征】嫩枝无毛,叶薄革质,椭圆形,10X4.5厘米;花梗长5-6毫米;苞片6,对生;萼片5;花瓣8-9片,长1.6厘米;花丝管长8毫米;子房无毛,花柱3条;蒴果扁球形,宽4厘米,高2厘米,3室,每室有种子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160页。花白色,花径约3.0厘米,顶生或腋生,花柄长5~6毫米,无毛。鱗片10~11枚,无毛。花瓣8〜9枚,长1.5~2.0厘米,倒卵形,基部与雄蕊柱连生3~4毫米。雄蕊无毛,长约1.5厘米,外轮花丝连生形成6毫米长短管。雌蕊长1.3厘米,花柱3条,子房无毛。花期秋末至冬初。蒴扁球形,直径3.0~4.0厘米,3室。叶椭圆形,先端短尖,基部钝圆形,长6.5~11.0厘米,宽3.0~5.4厘米,边缘齿钝,齿距1.5~4.0毫米,叶背无毛,侧脉凸起,散生腺点。叶柄长7~10毫米,无毛。灌木或小乔木,高可达4米,嫩枝无毛,灰褐色,老枝光滑,灰白色。分布:广西壮族自治区的天峨、金秀一带,现中国贵州 省西南部、云南省的东南部和越南北部也有发现,海拔250-400米。可寻地点:广西壮族自治区金秀县六巷村后山。

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中国:贵州,广西,云南。越南北部。

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