白抱茎山茶 Camellia lucii Orel & CurryCamellia lucii

Camellia lucii Orel & Curry in Pursuit Hidden Camellias Vietnam China: 220 (2015). TYPE: Vietnam. Municipality of Hanoi; collected from private collection in Hanoi, 3 April 2001 by G. Orel, A. S. Curry, A.Luc, G. Richards, Orel & Curry 010403 (holotype, NSW). Flower: purely white, terminal and axillary flowers; pedicel stout, falcate; sepals 3, tightly adpressed, glabrous, overlapping; petals 12-13, in 4 whorls (3+2+4+(3-) 4), glabrous, partially or not reflexed; outer filaments basally joined, 4.0-5.0 cm long; styles 3, free, glabrous, 2.5 cm long, with 2.0 mm long basal thickening; ovary 3-locular, glabrous, bell shaped; mature seed capsules 3-lobate and glabrous. Etymology: The specific epithet honours Mr. Andre Luc, a Camellia enthusiast and collector prominent in the acquisition of this new species. 

C. lucii is strongly resembles C. amplexicaulis, but has white flowers. It can also be distinguished from C. amplexicaulis by the shape of the flowers, styles, and fruit, as well as by the surface of mature leaves.

Originally native to Vietnam, the species is not known to exist in the wild.

Vietnam: Hanoi

白抱茎山茶 Camellia lucii Orel & Curry in Pursuit Hidden Camellias Vietnam China: 220 (2015).

纯白色，顶生和腋生花；花梗粗壮，镰刀形；萼片3，紧贴，无毛，重叠；花瓣12-13，4轮（3+2+4+(3-) 4），无毛，部分或不反折；外花丝基部连接，长4. 0-5.0厘米长；花柱3，离生，无毛，长2.5厘米，基部加厚长2.0毫米；子房3室，无毛，钟形；成熟种蒴果3裂，无毛。

白抱茎山茶（C. lucii ）与越南抱茎山茶（ C. amplexicaulis） 非常相似，但花是白色的。从花、花柱和果实的形状以及成熟叶片的表面也可以将其与 越南抱茎山茶区分开来。

该物种原产于越南，模式标本在栽培环境中发现，目前还不知道它是否存在于野外。