樱花短柱茶 Camellia maliflora Lindl. Camellia maliflora

Camellia maliflora, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.54: Camellia maliflora Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: sub. pl. 1078. 1827. [Description] Shrub, branchlets pubescent. Leaves membranous, elliptic, 3.5-5 cm long, 1. 8-3 cmwide, apices acute, bases broadly cuneate or slightly rounded, midvein pubescentabove, lower surfaces pubescent, margins serrulate; petioles 3-5 mm long, pubescent. Flowers red, double; pedicels 4-5 mm long; bracts and sepals 9-10, hemispherical toorbicular, 1.5-8 mm long, deciduous after anthesis, outer surfaces puberulent; petals 3cm long, petals of outer whorl nearly orbicular, 2. 3 cm long; petals of inner whorl formed from the stamens, relatively short and narrow; stamens abnormal, 1 cm long; ovaries deformed, glabrous; styles 3 or more parted, free or connate. This species was reported to have been introduced to England from China in 1819, but the species is not now found in China. From the abnormal ovaries and stamens andits sterility, the species is obviously a hybrid. J. R. Sealy in his monograph put this species in section Theopsis. Because of the undifferentiated perules which aredeciduous after anthesis, this species should be in section Paracamellia. The author hasseen the specimens at Kew and discussed the question of the position of this specieswith Sealy. Sealy agrees with the present position. [Synonym] Camellia sasanqua Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: sub. pl. 2080. 1819, auct. non Thunb. \Sasanqua malliflora Raf. Sylva Tellur., 140. 1838. \Thea maliflora (Lindl.) Seem. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 346. 1859. \Theopsis maliflora (Lindl.) Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16: 706. 1940.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.188. Flowers are blush rose to pink, 3.5-4.0 cm in diameter, produced at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils, semi-double to double, flowers falling as a single unit. Perules 9-10, drop as flower opens, outside pubescent. Petals, Androecium and Gynoecium highly variable and often abnormal due to the double-flower trait. Blooming season: winter. Leaves oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, tip bluntly acute to shortly acuminate, base broadly cu-neate or rounded, 3.7-5.0 cm long, 1.8-3.0 cm wide, margin serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper midrib villous, lower midrib short-pubescent. Petiole 3-5 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to about 2.5 m tall, young shoots and branchlets grayish villous, mature branches gray in color. Distribution: This 'Species" is unknown in the wild state. This Camellia was introduced to England by Capt. Richard Rawes from China in 1818. After the introduction specimens were established and main¬tained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London. One bush is still growing outdoors in the Gardens.

This ‘Species" is unknown in the wild state. This Camellia was introduced to England by Capt. Richard Rawes from China in 1818. After the introduction specimens were established and maintained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London. One bush is still growing outdoors in the Gardens.

樱花短柱茶Camellia maliflora Lindi, in Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1078.1827；Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 72. 1958. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第39页。【标本】。【形态特征】灌木，嫩枝有毛。叶膜质，椭圆形，长3.5-5厘米，宽1.8-3厘米，先端尖，基部阔楔形或略园，上面中脉有毛，下面有短柔毛，边缘有细齿。叶柄长3-5毫米，有毛。花红色，重瓣，花柄长4-5毫米；苞片及萼片9-10片，半圆形至圆形，长1.5-8毫米，花后脱落，背面有短柔毛。花瓣长3厘米，外围花瓣近圆形，长2.3厘米，内轮花瓣由雄蕊变态而成，较短而狭窄。雄蕊不正常、长1厘米。子房畸形，无毛，花柱3至多条，分离或连生。Kew植物园栽培。1935年1月31日采集，1936年1月13日采集。据记载这个种是在1819年从中国引进英国，但在中国已找不到这个栽培种，从花的结构、子房及雄蕊已变态，不结果实的特征看来，显然是一个杂交种。J.R . Sealy在他的专著里把这个种放在连蕊茶组Theopsis。但从它的苞被片未分化，而且花后脱落等特征看来，应属于短柱茶组作者在Kew阅翻了这个种的腊叶标本，并把上述意见提出来和J.R.Sealy博士商讨。他支持作者的看法。

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188页。花淡玫瑰红色至粉红色，花径3.5~4.0厘米，顶生或腋生，半重瓣至重瓣，花朵整个掉落。鱗片9~10枚，随花朵开放而掉落，外面被短柔毛。缘于重瓣，花瓣、雄蕊和雌蕊变化很大，往往反常。花期冬季。叶长椭圆形至阔椭圆形，先端钝尖或短尖，基部阔楔形至圆形，长 3.7~5.0厘米，宽1.8~3.0厘米，边缘具齿，薄革质，叶面中脉被微柔毛，叶背中脉有短柔毛。叶柄短，长3~5毫米，被柔毛。灌木，高约2.5米，嫩枝和小枝被灰色长柔毛，老枝灰白色。分布：樱花短柱茶原种没有野生分布。1818年英国人Capt. Rich-ard Rawes 从中国引入英国，标本存伦敦的皇家植物园 Kew 标本馆。现皇家植物园内仍生长着一株樱花短柱茶。

樱花短柱茶原种没有野生分布。1818年英国人Capt. Richard Rawes 从中国引入英国，标本存伦敦的皇家植物园 Kew 标本馆。现皇家植物园内仍生长着一株樱花短柱茶。