Section：Theopsis
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Remarks：This name is accepted
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Camellia lutchuensis T.Itō J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 12: 332 (1899) Accepted Name
Thea lutchuensis (T.Itō) Matsum. Index Pl. Jap. 2: 361 (1912) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia transnokoensis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 11 (1919) Heterotypic Synonym [PDF]
Thea transnokoensis (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan, ed. 2: 745 (1931) Heterotypic Synonym
Theopsis transnokoensis (Hayata) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 16: 707 (1940) Heterotypic Synonym
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Camellia lutchuensis, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Gymnandrae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 144. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.178: Camellia lutchuensis Ito in Ito and Matsumura, Tent. Fl. Luch, 332. 1909. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves oblong, 2.5-4 cm long, 1-1. 8 cm wide. Pedicels 2. 5 mmlong, bracts 8; sepals 2 mm long, pubescent; stamens with a short filament tube. [Synonym]Thea lutchuensis (Ito) Hay., Mat. Fl. Form., 45. 1911. \Theopsis lutchuensis (Ito)Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16:706. 1949.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.249-250. Flowers are white, sometimes with red markings on the outermost petals, sweet fragrance, 4.0-4.1 cm in diameter, borne in multiples at the tip of the shoot and in leaf axils; bud set usually abundant. Bracts and Sepals persistent with bracts and 5 sepals, glabrous with ciliate margins. Petals 5-6, 2.2-2.6 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, obovate, tip slightly cleft up to 1 mm, fused from the base with the staminal column 2-3 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.5 cm long, outer layer of stamens fused into a cup 3-4 mm long, approximately 20 stamens. Gynoecium 1.4-1.5 cm long, 3 glabrousstyles, approximately 80% fused from the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: midwinter to early spring. Capsules ovoid to globose, 1.1-1.4 cm long,0. 9-1.3 cm in diameter, glabrous, pericarp wall about 1 mm thick. Leaves oblong or elliptic, tip acute to acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, 2.0-5.1 cm long, 1.0-2.2 cm wide, margin serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface smooth, with puberulent midrib, midrib slightly raised, lower surface with villous midrib, midrib slightly raised. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub or small tree up to 7 m tall, young shoots densely villous, older branches smooth and rust-gray in color. Distribution: Riu Kiu Islands, Japan; Elevation: 0-500 m; Spe-cific locality: Mt. Nago, Nago town, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.
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琉球连蕊茶Camellia lutchuensis T. Ito in Ito et Matsumura, Tent. FI. Lutch.332, 1909. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第148页。【标本】日本：Onna, Okinawa,Tasiro s. n 1924. Jan. 15；原台湾森林研究所27801。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶长圆形，2.5-4x1-1.8厘米，花梗长2.5毫米，苞片8，萼长2毫米，无毛，雄蕊有短的花丝管。
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249-250页。花白色，有时外轮花瓣带红斑，甜芳香，花径4.0~4.1厘米，多花顶生或腋生，花芽稠密。苞片和萼片宿存，苞片5枚，无毛，边缘具睫毛。花瓣5~ 6枚，长2.2~2.6厘米，宽1.5厘米，倒卵形，先端有1毫米缺口，基部与雄蕊柱连生2~3毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.5厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成3〜4毫米长短管，雄蕊约20枚。雌蕊长1.4〜1.5厘米，花柱先端3裂，无毛，基部约80%连生，子房无毛。花期冬季中期至春初。蒴果卵球形至球形，长1.1〜1.4厘米，直径0.9〜1.3厘米，无毛，果皮厚1毫米。叶长圆形至椭圆形，先端急尖至渐尖，基部楔形或圆形，长2.0〜5.1厘米，宽1.0〜2.2厘米，边缘有齿，薄革质，叶面光滑，中脉略凸起并被短柔毛，叶背中脉略凸起并被长柔毛。叶柄长2〜4毫米，被短柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达7米，嫩枝密被长柔毛，老枝光滑，黄褐色。分布：曰本琉球群岛，海拔0- 500米。可寻地点:日 本冲绳县 Nago 镇 Nago 山。
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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.、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、长凸连蕊茶 Camellia longicuspis S.Ye Liang 、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
