肖散柱茶 Camellia liberistyloides Hung T.ChangCamellia liberistyloides

Camellia liberistvloides, Subgenus Protocamellia, Sect. stereocarpus, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.36: Camellia liberistyloides Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 20. 1981. [Description] Shrub or small tree, branchlets pubescent. Leaves oblong to elliptic, 3.5-5. 5 cm long, 1. 7-2. 3 cm wide; apices acute, sometimes acuminate or slightly obtuse; bases broadlycuneate; slightly shiny above in the dry state; yellowish-brown below, midvein pubescent; lateral veins 6-8 pairs, margins serrulate; petioles 3-5 mm long, somewhat pubescent. Flowers terminal or axillary, white, sessile; bracts and sepals ca. 9, largest suborbicular, 8-9 mm long, exterior sericeous; petals 8-9, slightly connate at base, obovoid, 1. 3-1. 8 cm long; stamens in many series, outer whorl basally connate, 1. 2-1. 4cm long; ovaries pubescent, 5-locular; styles 5-parted, 1 cm long, basal half connate, pubescent, upper half glabrous.

肖散柱茶Camellia liberistyloides Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第20页。【标本】云南Yunnan：无地点,1940年12月21日，刘慎谔S. N.Liu 17845(模式标本 Typus! in Bot. Inst. Peking)。【形态特征】灌木或小乔木，嫩枝有柔毛。叶长圆形或椭圆形，长3.5-5.5厘米，宽1.7-2.3厘米，先端锐尖，有时渐尖或略钝，基部阔楔形，上面干后稍发亮，下面黄褐色，至少中脉有毛，侧脉6-8对，边缘有细锯齿；叶柄长3-5毫米，多少有 毛。花生于枝顶叶腋内，白色，无柄；苞及萼片约9片，最大的近圆形，长8-9毫米，背面中部有丝毛；花瓣8-9片，基部稍连生，倒卵圆形，长1.3-1.8厘 米；雄蕊多列，外轮下半部连合，长1.2-1.4厘米；子房被毛，5室，花柱5条，长1厘米，下半部连合，有毛，上半部无毛。