Section：Paracamellia
Conservation Status：
Remarks：This name is accepted
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Camellia kissi Wall. Asiat. Res. 13: 429 (1820) Accepted Name
Thea sasanqua var. kissi (Wall.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 115-116 (1887) Heterotypic Synonym
落瓣油茶 中国高等植物图鉴,第2册，856页 （1972） Chinese Name
Camellia kissi Wall. Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Cited Name
Camellia kissi Wall. Dassanayake (ed.) (1996). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 10: 1-426. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta. Cited Name
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Camellia kissii, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.50. -Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.185. : Camellia kissii Wall., Asiat. Res. 8: 429. 1820. [Synonym] Camellia symplocifolia Griff., Itin. Notes 40, no. 652. 1848. \Camellia mastersia Griff., Notul. 4:559. 1854. \Thea sasanqua var. kissii (Wall.)Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinchine 2: sub. pl. 115-116. 1887. \Thea iniquicarpa (Clarke) Kochs in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 27:594. 1900. \Thea bachmaensis Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10:124. 1942. \Thea brachystemon Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10: 124. 1942. \For additional synonyms see Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 197. 1958. Camellia kissii var. Kissi, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.50: Camellia kissii Wall. var. kissii. [Description] Leaves very variable, from elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, veins sunken in the drystate. Flowers small, petals nearly free, stamens basally connate, ovaries pubescent; styles 3-parted or 3-cleft, 5-7 mm long. Capsules obovate, 1-3-locular. [Distribution] Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Nepal, India，Sikkim and Indochina. Camellia kissii var. megalantha , Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.51: Camellia kissii Wall. var. megalantha Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, Monogr. Ser. 1: 35. 1981. [Description] A typo differt floribus multo majoribus, petalis 3 cm longis 2 cm latis. Flowers relatively large, 6 cm in diameter; petals obcordate, 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, other characters the same as the species.
The specimen was discovered by Buchanan in 1802 in Nepal. In 1820, in Asiatic Researches 13, author N. Wallich published under the scientific name Camellia kissi. The Vietnamese name is Short Stigma Tea, Nepali Tea.
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落瓣短柱茶Camellia kissi Wall, in Asiat. Res. 8： 429, 1820： Sealy 1. c. 197. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第35页。【标本】广西 Kwangsi：秦仁昌8062，8120；十万大山，张肇骞12411；宁明，张肇骞 12395；十万大山，曾怀德22027，24506，24609。广东 Kwangtung：新安，徐德明254；澜头岛，Ma Clure 1192，罗浮山，蒋 英1711；英德，大镇，曾怀德、黄锦洲2445；英德，温塘山，陈焕镛7122；从化，邓良8430，8431；英德，滑水山，曾沛、冯饮10957；罗浮山，高锡明52484 ；龙门，李学根200385。海南 Hainan：感恩，刘心祁27777；保亭，刘心祁28085。越南 Vietnam：M. PofZone 17472。分布：云甫，广西，广东，海南，尼泊尔，印度，锡金，中南半岛。【形态特征】这个种的叶子多变化，从椭圆形到长圆形或倒披针形，叶脉干后下陷；花小，花瓣近离生，雄蕊仅基部连生，子房有毛，花柱3条或3裂，长5-7毫米，蒴果倒卵形，1-3室。大花短柱茶Camellia kissi var. megalantha Chang, var. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第35页。【标本】广西 Kwangsi：昭平，南荣乡，1965年12月11日，梁盛业 6505258 (模式标本 Typus，in Univ. Sunyatsen)；桂林，良丰，邓志农 13220。【形态特征】花较大，直径6厘米，花瓣倒心形，长3厘米，宽2厘米，其余形态和原种一致。
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185页。花奶白色，通常泛绿色，略芳香，直径3.0~4.0厘米，顶生和腋生。鳞片6~10枚，随花朵开放而掉落，外面中部厚的部分被毛，里面无毛。花瓣5~8枚，长1.2~1.6厘米，宽0.7~1.2厘米，早落，倒卵形至倒心形，先端通常有小于2毫米的裂□,基部与雄蕊柱连生部位小于1毫米。雄蕊无毛，长7~8毫米，花丝基部连生1~2毫米，20~25枚。雌蕊长2~5毫米，花柱2~3个，无毛，离生，子房被绒毛。花期秋末至冬季中期。蒴果球形至似梨形，小，直径1~2厘米，被长柔毛，2~3室，果皮薄。叶椭圆形至阔椭圆形，先端突尖至尖，基部楔形至圆形，长4.0~6.5厘米，宽1.7~3.2厘米，边缘具细齿，叶面少光泽，浓绿，网脉侧脉略凹陷，中脉密被微柔毛。叶背中脉无毛或略带长柔毛，叶柄短，长3~6毫米，上面被短柔毛至长柔毛，下面被长柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高达13米，嫩枝中等被毛至密被长柔毛，黄褐色至褐色，老枝几乎无毛，光滑，灰色。分布：中国（海南、广东、广西、云南等地)、不丹、缅甸，印度、 尼泊尔、锡金、越南、柬埔寨、泰国、老扭，海拔200-700米。浙江 省富阳市亚热带林业研究所有栽培。
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Species in the Same Section: 短柱茶 Camellia brevistyla (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart、红花短柱茶 Camellia brevistyla (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart, f. rubida P. L. Chiu、小果短柱茶 Camellia confusa (Craib) Cohen-Stuart、窄叶短柱茶 Camellia fluviatilis Hand.-Mazz.、锯叶茶 Camellia grijsii Hance 、冬红短柱茶 Camellia hiemalis Nakai、大花短柱茶 Camellia kissi Wall. var. megalantha Hung T. Chang、樱花短柱茶 Camellia maliflora Lindl. 、细叶短柱茶 Camellia microphylla (Merr.) S.S.Chien、琉球短柱茶 Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto、钝叶短柱茶 Camellia obtusifolia Hung T.Chang、粉红短柱茶 Camellia puniceiflora Hung T.Chang、陕西短柱茶 Camellia shensiensis、威宁短柱茶 Camellia weiningensis Y.K.Li、阿森短柱茶 Camellia lutescens Dyer、短柱山茶 Camellia brevissima Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、大姚短柱茶 Camellia tenii Sealy、褐枝短柱茶 Camellia phaeoclada Hung T.Chang、河静山茶 Camellia hatinhensis V.D.Luong, Ninh & L.T.Nguyen
