» Description
Camellia kweichowensis, Subgenus Camellia, Sect.
Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr.
ser. 1: 56. 1981. Ser. Reticulatae Chang,
Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981. Chang
Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.83: Camellia kweichowensis
Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:61. 1981. [Description]
Small tree. Leaves oblong, 6-10. 5 cm long, 3-4
cm wide. Flowers red, 10 cm in diameter; bracts and sepals 9-10, coriaceous, semiorbicular
to broadly ovate, 5-17 mmlong, ash-yellow pubescent; petals 9, outer 3 petals
3-3. 5 cm long, pubescent, inner 6petals 5-6 cm long, obovate, basally connate
for 1-1. 5 cm; stamens 2-2. 5 cm long, glabrous, filament tube short, 5 mm long;
ovaries 5-locular, pilose; styles 2 cm long. apically 5-cleft, glabrous. Capsules
oblate, 5-locular, 1-2 seeds per locule, pericarp4 mm thick. The fact that this
species has 5-locular ovaries indicates that it is a comparatively primitive
member of section Camellia and is closely related to subgenus Protocamellia.
» Distribution
» Description
贵州红山茶Camellia kweichowensis Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981.
《山茶属植物的系统研究》第61页。【标本】贵州：清镇，九龙山，1936年4月27日，邓世纬S.W.Teng 90180 (花模式标 本
Fl.-typus! in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)；清镇，大周，1935 年 6 月 24日，邓世纬S.
W. Teng 693 (果）。【形态特征】小乔木。叶长圆形，长6-10.5厘米，宽3-4厘米。花红色，直径10厘米；苞片及萼片9-10片，革质，半圆形至阔卵形，长5-17毫米，有灰黄毛；花瓣9片，外3片长3-3.5厘米，有毛，内6片长5-6厘米，倒卵形，基部连生1-1.5厘米；雄蕊长2-2.5厘米，无毛，花丝管短，长5毫米；子房5室，被毛，花柱长2厘米，先端5裂，无毛。蒴果扁球形，5室，每室有种子1-2个，果皮厚4毫米。这是红山茶组唯一的5室子房的代表，反映了它是本组较古老的代表，并和原始山茶亚属相联系。
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贵州：清镇，九龙山
Species in the Same Section: 白丝毛红山茶 Camellia albosericea Hung T.Chang、白灵山红山茶 Camellia bailinshanica Hung T.Chang、竹叶红山茶 Camellia bambusifolia Hung T.Chang、滇北红山茶 Camellia boreali-yunnanica Hung T.Chang、短蕊红山茶 Camellia brevigyna Hung T.Chang、短柄红山茶 Camellia brevipetiolata Hung T.Chang、杜鹃红山茶 Camellia azalea C. F. Wei、浙江红山茶 Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu、扁果红山茶 Camellia compressa Hung T. Chang、厚叶红山茶 Camellia crassissima Hung T.Chang & S.H.Shi、隐脉红山茶 Camellia cryptoneura Hung T. Chang、东南山茶 Camellia edithae Hance、香港红山茶 Camellia hongkongensis Seem.、山茶 Camellia japonica L.、雪椿 Camellia rusticana Honda、金沙江红山茶 Camellia jinshajiangica Hung T.Chang & S.L.Lee、石果红山茶 Camellia lapidea Y.C.Wu、连山红山茶 Camellia lienshanensis Hung T.Chang、长尾红山茶 Camellia longicaudata Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、长蕊红山茶 Camellia longigyna Hung T.Chang、长管红山茶 Camellia longituba Hung T.Chang、闪光红山茶 Camellia lucidissima Hung T.Chang、龙胜红山茶 Camellia lungshenensis Hung T.Chang、大花红山茶 Camellia magniflora Hung T.Chang、大果红山茶 Camellia magnocarpa (S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang) Hung T.Chang、毛蕊红山茶 Camellia mairei (H.Lév.) Melch.、莽山红山茶 Camellia mongshanica Hung T.Chang & C.S.Ye、寡脉红山茶 Camellia oligophlebia Hung T.Chang、峨眉红山茶 Camellia omeiensis Hung T.Chang、寡瓣红山茶 Camellia paucipetala Hung T.Chang、栓壳红山茶 Camellia phellocapsa Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、栓皮红山茶 Camellia phelloderma Hung T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang、西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart、窄叶西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii var. yunnanica Sealy、西南白山茶 Camellia pitardii var. alba Chang、多齿红山茶 Camellia polyodonta F.C.How ex Hu、滇山茶 Camellia reticulata Lindl.、怒江红山茶 Camellia saluenensis Stapf ex Bean、南山茶 Camellia semiserrata C.W.Chi、白花南山茶 Camellia semiserrata var. albiflora S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang、粗毛红山茶 Camellia setiperulata Hung T. Chang & B. K. Li、斑枝红山茶 Camellia stictoclada Hung T. Chang、全缘红山茶 Camellia subintegra P.C.Huang、薄壳红山茶 Camellia tenuivalvis Hung T.Chang、毛籽红山茶 Camellia trichosperma Hung T.Chang、东安红山茶 Camellia tunganica Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、单体红山茶 Camellia uraku Kitam.、长毛红山茶 Camellia villosa Hung T. Chang et S. Y. Liang、息烽山茶 Camellia xifongensis Y.K.Li ex X.C.Chen & F.Z.Zheng、木果红山茶 Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Hung T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.Bartholmew、滇南毛蕊山茶 Camellia mairei var. velutina Sealy、白毛红山茶 Camellia albovillosa Hu ex Hung T. Chang、褪色红山茶 Camellia albescens Hung T.Chang、多萼红山茶 Camellia multiperulata Hung T.Chang、卵果红山茶 Camellia oviformis Hung T.Chang、石果山茶 Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Y.C.Wu) Sealy、隐脉西南山茶 Camellia pitardii var. cryptoneura (Hung T.Chang) T.L.Ming
