大果红山茶 Camellia magnocarpa (S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang) Hung T.ChangCamellia magnocarpa

Camellia magnocarpa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Lucidissima Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 79. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.107: Camellia magnocarpa(Hu & Huang) Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:81. 1981. [Description] Small tree ca. 8. 5 m tall, branchlets glabrous; buds long-ovate, completely glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, 9-22 cm long, 4.8 cm wide, apices acuminate with a1.5-2 cm long cauda, bases broadly cuneate or suborbicular; dark green above, shiny inthe dry state; light green below, glabrous; lateral veins 6-7 pairs, slightly raised on bothsurfaces in the dry state; margins sparsely sharply serrate, teeth separation 2-6 mm, teeth 1-1.5 mm long; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long, upper surface canaliculate, glabrous. Sepals orbicular, outersurfaces glabrous, deciduous; petals 8-9,3 cm long, 4.5 cm wide; stamens puberulent, ovaries glabrous, styles apically 3-cleft. Capsules globose, sessile, 3-locular, 2-5 seeds per locule, 3-valvate dehiscent, pericarp 1.3-1.7 cm thick, columellathick; seeds semiglobose, 1.2 cm long, light brown. [Synonym]Camellia semiserrata var. magnocarpa Hu & T. C. Huang in Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10:137. 1965.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.55-56. Flowers are red, 7.0-9.0 cm in diameter, borne singly or in multiples at the tips of twigs. Perules 17, persistent, outer surface glabrous, inside surface sericeous. Petals 9-10, 3.0-4.0 cm long, broadly obovate, tip slightly emarginate, outer surface gray-sericeous. Androecium slightly pubescent, 2.5-3.5 cm long, outer layer of stamens fused from the base into a tube. Gynoecium glabrous,2.5-3.0 cm long,3-5 styles divided at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: spring.Capsules globose, 6.0-12.0 cm in diameter, 3-5 locules, pericarp wall 1-2 cm in thickness.Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, tip long-acuminate, base broadly cuneate, 9.0-20.0 cm long, 4.0-8.0 cm wide, margin sparsely serrulate on upper portion of blade, upper surface with midrib raised, lateral veins slightly impressed, lower surface with both midrib and lateral veins raised. Petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long.Tree up to 8.5m tall, young shootsglabrous, older branches smooth, gray-brown in color. Distribution: Xinyi and Dianbai Counties in southwestern Guangdong Province and Cangwu and Luokeng Counties in south-eastern Guangxi; Elevation: 300-900 m; Specific locality: near the gate at Luokeng Forest Farm, Lilian Village, Luokeng Town, Dianbai County, Guangdong Province, China.

大果红山茶Cameilia magnocarpa (Hu et Huang) Chang, comb. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第81页。【标本】广东：乳源，天井山，电视塔途中，海拔1400米，林下，1974年8月，张宏达 6030，6046；阳山，朝天狮，邓良1192,1468；广宁，缪汝槐40024。广西：苍梧，黄作杰2088(Typus)；上思，张肇騫13913；藤县，冯晋庸1014。【形态特征】小乔木，高3-5米，嫩枝无毛，芽体长卵形，完全秃净。叶厚革质，椭圆形，长9-16厘米，宽4.5-7厘米，先端急长尖，尖尾长1.5-2厘米，基部阔楔形或近圆形，上面深绿色，干后发亮，下面浅绿色，无毛，侧脉6-7对，干后在两面均稍突起，边缘疏生锐利锯齿，齿刻相隔2-6毫米，齿长1-1.5毫米，叶柄长1.5-2.5毫米，上部有沟，无毛。萼片圆形，外面无毛，脱落，花瓣8-9片，长3厘米，宽4.5厘米；雄蕊有微毛，子房无毛，花柱先端3裂，蒴果圆球形，直径6-12厘米，无毛，无柄；3室，每室有神子2-5个；3爿裂开，果壳厚1.3-1.7厘米，中轴粗厚，种子半圆形，长1.2厘米，浅褐色。

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55-56页。花红色，花径7.0~9.0厘米，单花顶生。鱗片17枚，宿存，里面被绢毛。花瓣9~ 10枚，长3.0~4.0厘米，阔倒卵形，先端略凹缺，背面有灰色绢毛。雄蕊略被毛，长2.5~3.5厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊无毛，长2.5~3.0厘米，花柱先端3~5裂，子房无毛。花期春季。蒴果球形，直径6.0~12.0厘米，3~5至，果皮厚1~2厘米。叶椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形，先端长尖，基部阔楔形，长9.0~20.0厘米，宽4.0~8.0厘米，上半部边缘具疏齿，下半部边缘无齿，叶面主脉凸起，侧脉凹陷，叶背主脉和侧脉凸起。叶柄长1.5~2.5厘米，无毛。小乔木，高可达8.5米，嫩枝无毛，顶芽紫红色，老枝光滑，灰褐色。分布：广东省西南部和广西壮族自治区东南部一带 (例如，广西壮族自治区的苍梧、陆川等县，广东的信宜、 电白等县），海拔300-900米。可寻地点：广东省电白县罗坑镇里联村罗坑林场门口附近。