» Description
Camellia oviformis, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981.
Ser. Reticulatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ.
Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce
Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.97:
Camellia oviformis Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni,
monogr. ser. 1:75. 1981. [Description]
Tree 8 m tall, bark brown, branchlets
glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 11-16cmlong, 4-5. 3 cm wide, apices acute,
bases broadly cuneate; dark green above, slightly shiny, light green below, glabrous;
lateral veins 7-8 pairs, sunken above; margins sharply serrate; petioles ca. 1
cm long glabrous. Flowers terminal, red, sessile; bractsand sepals 10, exterior
sericeous; 3 outer perules crescent shape, 2-6 mm long, 4-11 mmwide; 7 inner
perules orbiculate to ovate, 8-14 mm long; petals 8, obovate, exterior sericeous,
basally connate; stamens in 4-5 series; lower half of outer filament whorl connate
into a short tube, glabrous; upper free half of filaments glabrous, ovariespubescent;
styles glabrous, apex deeply 3-cleft. Capsules ovate, 9 cm long, 7. 5 cm wide, base
rounded, apex slightly narrowly obtuse, brown, 3-locular, 1-2 seeds per locule,
3-valvate dehiscent; valves corky, 1-1. 5 cm thick; seeds 2.5-3. 5 cm long.
» Description
卵果红山茶Camellia oviformis Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第75页。【标本】广西：荔浦，栗木，苏家队，1975年10月28日，廖培来7501028 (模式Typus! in Uiiiv.
Sunyatsen)。【形态特征】乔木，高8米，树皮褐色，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，长圆形，长11-16厘米，宽4-5.3厘米，先端急尖，基部阔楔形，上面干后深绿色，稍发亮，下面浅绿色，无毛，侧脉7-8对，在上面凹下，边缘有锐利锯齿，叶柄长约1厘米，无毛。花顶生，红色，无柄；苞片及萼片10片，外侧有绢毛，最下3片半月形，长2-6毫米，宽4-11毫米，内侧7片圆形至卵圆形，长8-14毫米。花瓣8片，倒卵形，背面有绢毛，基部连生。雄蕊4-5轮，外轮花丝下半部连合成短管，无毛，上半部游离花丝无毛。子房有毛，花柱无毛，先端3浅裂。蒴果卵圆形，长9厘米，宽7.5厘米，基部圆，先端稍窄而钝，褐色，3室，每室有种子1-2个，3爿裂开，果爿木栓质，厚1-1.5厘米；种子长2.5-3.5厘米。
Species in the Same Section: 白丝毛红山茶 Camellia albosericea Hung T.Chang、白灵山红山茶 Camellia bailinshanica Hung T.Chang、竹叶红山茶 Camellia bambusifolia Hung T.Chang、滇北红山茶 Camellia boreali-yunnanica Hung T.Chang、短蕊红山茶 Camellia brevigyna Hung T.Chang、短柄红山茶 Camellia brevipetiolata Hung T.Chang、杜鹃红山茶 Camellia azalea C. F. Wei、浙江红山茶 Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu、扁果红山茶 Camellia compressa Hung T. Chang、厚叶红山茶 Camellia crassissima Hung T.Chang & S.H.Shi、隐脉红山茶 Camellia cryptoneura Hung T. Chang、东南山茶 Camellia edithae Hance、香港红山茶 Camellia hongkongensis Seem.、山茶 Camellia japonica L.、雪椿 Camellia rusticana Honda、金沙江红山茶 Camellia jinshajiangica Hung T.Chang & S.L.Lee、石果红山茶 Camellia lapidea Y.C.Wu、连山红山茶 Camellia lienshanensis Hung T.Chang、长尾红山茶 Camellia longicaudata Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、长蕊红山茶 Camellia longigyna Hung T.Chang、长管红山茶 Camellia longituba Hung T.Chang、闪光红山茶 Camellia lucidissima Hung T.Chang、龙胜红山茶 Camellia lungshenensis Hung T.Chang、大花红山茶 Camellia magniflora Hung T.Chang、大果红山茶 Camellia magnocarpa (S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang) Hung T.Chang、毛蕊红山茶 Camellia mairei (H.Lév.) Melch.、莽山红山茶 Camellia mongshanica Hung T.Chang & C.S.Ye、寡脉红山茶 Camellia oligophlebia Hung T.Chang、峨眉红山茶 Camellia omeiensis Hung T.Chang、寡瓣红山茶 Camellia paucipetala Hung T.Chang、栓壳红山茶 Camellia phellocapsa Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、栓皮红山茶 Camellia phelloderma Hung T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang、西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart、窄叶西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii var. yunnanica Sealy、西南白山茶 Camellia pitardii var. alba Chang、多齿红山茶 Camellia polyodonta F.C.How ex Hu、滇山茶 Camellia reticulata Lindl.、怒江红山茶 Camellia saluenensis Stapf ex Bean、南山茶 Camellia semiserrata C.W.Chi、白花南山茶 Camellia semiserrata var. albiflora S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang、粗毛红山茶 Camellia setiperulata Hung T. Chang & B. K. Li、斑枝红山茶 Camellia stictoclada Hung T. Chang、全缘红山茶 Camellia subintegra P.C.Huang、薄壳红山茶 Camellia tenuivalvis Hung T.Chang、毛籽红山茶 Camellia trichosperma Hung T.Chang、东安红山茶 Camellia tunganica Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、单体红山茶 Camellia uraku Kitam.、长毛红山茶 Camellia villosa Hung T. Chang et S. Y. Liang、息烽山茶 Camellia xifongensis Y.K.Li ex X.C.Chen & F.Z.Zheng、木果红山茶 Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Hung T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.Bartholmew、滇南毛蕊山茶 Camellia mairei var. velutina Sealy、贵州红山茶 Camellia kweichowensis Hung T.Chang、白毛红山茶 Camellia albovillosa Hu ex Hung T. Chang、褪色红山茶 Camellia albescens Hung T.Chang、多萼红山茶 Camellia multiperulata Hung T.Chang、石果山茶 Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Y.C.Wu) Sealy、隐脉西南山茶 Camellia pitardii var. cryptoneura (Hung T.Chang) T.L.Ming
