长梗山茶 Camellia longipedicellata (Hu) Hung T.Chang & D.FangCamellia longipedicellata

Camellia longipedicellata, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Longipedicellata. 

First published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 141 (1965) as Theopsis longipedicellata Hu, then published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 229 (1980) as Camellia longipedicellata (Hu) Hung T.Chang & D.Fang. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.125: Camellia longipedicellata(Hu) Chang & Fang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 229. 1980. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic, 4.5-7 cm long. Pedicels 12 mm long; bracts4-6, persistent; sepals7; petals 9, 3 cm long; stamens connate into a filament tube for 2/3 theirlength, pubescent; ovaries glabrous; styles 3-parted, free.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.161-162. Flower buds are purple-red, flowers white, slightly pink on the back of petals, 4.0-6.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 1.5-2.0 cm long. Perules 8-13, persistent, glabrous. Petals 7-9, 2.0-3.0 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm wide, obovate, slightly united at the base to the staminal column. Androecium white-pubescent, approximately 10 mm long, outer filaments fused at the base to form a short tube. Gynoecium 10 mm long, 3 styles, free, not fused, at the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: winter to spring.Capsules globose, 1.0-2.0 cm in diameter, surface purple-red at maturity, 3 locules, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Seeds pubescent. Leaves elliptic or broad-ovate, tip obtuse-acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 4.0-8.0 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm wide, serrulate, upper surface with midrib raised, glabrous, lower surface with midrib raised, slightly villous, cork-warts. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots slender, reddish brown, pubescent, older branches smooth, dark brown in color. Distribution: Limestone areas from the central to the northwest-ern part of Guangxi; Elevation: 150-400 m; Specific locality; on the hill behind the Liuzhou Fruit Institute, Liuzhou Daqiao, Liuzhou City, Guangxi, China.

长柄山茶Camellia longipedicellata(Hu) Cbang et Fang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18：229. 1980。首次发表在胡先骕. 1965. 中国山茶属和连蕊茶属新种与新变种(一). 植物分类学报. 141。 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第99页。【标本】广西：忻城，花白，1959年2月15日，兰香099(模式）；都安，梁盛业7904278。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶椭圆形，长4.5-7厘米；花梗长12毫米，苞片4-6,宿存；萼片7；花瓣9，长3厘米；雄蕊2/3连成花丝管，有微毛；子房无毛，花柱3条，离生。

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161-162页。花蕾紫红色，花朵白色，花瓣背面泛粉红色，花径4.0~6.0厘米，顶生或腋生，花柄长1.5~2.0厘米。鱗片8~13枚，宿存，无毛。花瓣7~9枚，长2.0~3.0厘 米，宽1.5~2.0厘米，倒卵形，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊被白色短柔毛，长约10毫米，外轮花丝连生形成短管。分布：广西壮族自治区中部至西北部石灰岩山地，海 拔150 -400米。可寻地点:广西壮族自治区柳州市大桥水果研究所背后山上。