Section：Theopsis
Conservation Status：
Remarks：This name is accepted
References：
Camellia longicuspis S.Ye Liang H.T.Chang, Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 136 (1981) Accepted Name
长凸连蕊茶 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):136 Chinese Name
» Description
Camellia longicuspis, Subgenus Metacamellia,
Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Cuspidatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:
133. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias,
p.163: Camellia longicuspis Liang in Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr.
ser. 1:136. 1981. [Description] Small
tree 4 m tall; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong
9-11 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate with a 2 cm long cauda, basescuneate;
green above, shiny; glabrous below; lateral veins 7 8 pairs, inconspicuous; margins
serrulate, petioles 5-7 mm long. Capsules ovoid, 1.4 cm long, 1 cm wide, glabrous,
valves thin, 1-locular, 1 seeded; pedicels 7-8 mm long, glabrous; bracts 4, ovate,
0.5-1 mm long, ciliate, persistent; sepals 4 mm long, basal half connate, glabrous,
apices rounded. This species is very close to C. percuspidata only the pedicel
of the fruit is longer, sepals glabrous; in addition a flowering specimen has
not been seen.
» Distribution
» Description
长凸连蕊茶Camellia longicuspis S.Y.Liang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981.
《山茶属植物的系统研究》第136页。【标本】广西：融水县，泗涧山，海拔1000米，山谷林中，小乔木，高4米，1972年8月12日，梁盛业 72029(模式标本 Typus! in Univ.
Sunyatsen). 这个种和超尖连蕊茶C.percuspidata Chang 很接近，只是果柄较长，萼片无毛；此外，本种还未看到花的标本。【形态特征】小乔木，高4米，嫩枝纤细，无毛。叶薄革质，长圆形，长9-11厘米，宽3-4厘米，先端尾状渐尖，尾长2厘米，基部楔形，上面绿色，发亮，下面无毛，侧脉7-8对，不明显，边缘有细锯齿，叶柄长5-7毫米。蒴果卵圆形，长1.4厘米，宽1厘米,无毛，果片薄，1室，有种子1个，果梗长7-8毫米，无毛；苞片4片，卵形，长0.5-1毫米，有睫毛，宿存；萼片长4毫米，下半部连生，无毛，先端圆。
» Distribution
广西：融水县，泗涧山
Species in the Same Section: 细叶金花茶 Camellia parvifolia Cohen-Stuart、黄杨叶连蕊茶 Camellia buxifolia Hung T.Chang、贵州连蕊茶 Camellia costei H.Lév.、厚柄连蕊茶 Camellia crassipes Sealy、尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) Hort. ex Bean、浙江尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) Bean var. chekiangensis Sealy、大花尖连蕊茶 Camellia cuspidata var. grandiflora Sealy、长管连蕊茶 Camellia elongata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder、柃叶连蕊茶 Camellia euryoides Lindl.、蒙自连蕊茶 Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart、毛花连蕊茶 Camellia fraterna Hance、岳麓连蕊茶 Camellia handelii Sealy、九嶷山连蕊茶 Camellia jiuyishanica Hung T.Chang & L.L.Qi、披针萼连蕊茶 Camellia lancicalyx Hung T.Chang、披针叶连蕊茶 Camellia lancilimba Hung T.Chang、荔波连蕊茶 Camellia lipoensis Hung T.Chang & Z.R.Xu 、长果连蕊茶 Camellia longicarpa Hung T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.、琉球连蕊茶 Camellia lutchuensis T.Itō、大萼连蕊茶 Camellia macrosepala Hung T.Chang、微花连蕊茶 Camellia minutiflora Hung T.Chang、能高山茶 Camellia nokoensis Hayata、细叶连蕊茶 Camellia parvilimba Merr. & F.P.Metcalf、小卵叶连蕊茶 Camellia parviovata Hung T.Chang & S.S.Wang、超长尖连蕊茶 Camellia percuspidata Hung T.Chang、玫瑰连蕊茶 Camellia rosiflora Hook、肖长尖连蕊茶 Camellia subacutissima Hung T.Chang、川滇连蕊茶 Camellia synaptica Sealy、阿里山连蕊茶 Camellia transarisanensis (Hayata) Cohen-Stuart、南投秃连蕊茶 Camellia transnokoensis Hayata、三花连蕊茶 Camellia triantha Hung T.Chang、毛枝连蕊茶 Camellia trichoclada (Rehder) S.S.Chien、云南连蕊茶 Camellia tsaii Hu、细萼连蕊茶 Camellia tsofui S.S.Chien、广强山茶 Camellia quangcuongii L.V.Dung, S.T. Hoang & Nhan、比杜普山茶 Camellia bidoupensis Truong, Luong & Tran、长萼连蕊茶 Camellia longicalyx Hung T.Chang、尖萼蒙自连蕊茶 Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart var. acutisepala (H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng) Hung T.Chang、细尖连蕊茶 Camellia parvicuspidata Hung T.Chang、长尖连蕊茶 Camellia acutissima Hung T.Chang、美齿连蕊茶 Camellia callidonta Hung T.Chang、川鄂连蕊茶 Camellia rosthorniana Hand.-Mazz.、短柄细叶连蕊茶 Camellia parvilimba var. brevipes Hung T.Chang、小石果连蕊茶 Camellia parvilapidea Hung T.Chang、五室连蕊茶 Camellia stuartiana Sealy、秃梗连蕊茶 Camellia dubia Sealy、膜叶连蕊茶 Camellia membranacea Hung T.Chang、钟萼连蕊茶 Camellia campanisepala Hung T. Chang、金平连蕊茶 Camellia tsingpienensis、毛萼金屏茶 Camellia tsingpienensis var. pubisepala Hung T.Chang、绿萼连蕊茶 Camellia viridicalyx、小长尾连蕊茶 Camellia parvicaudata Hung T.Chang、半秃连蕊茶 Camellia subglabra Chang、毛丝连蕊茶 Camellia trichandra Hung T.Chang
