Section：Theopsis
Conservation Status：
Remarks：
This name is a synonym of Camellia caudata
References：
Camellia parvilapidea Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 155 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym
小石果连蕊茶 张宏达. 1981. 山茶属植物的系统研究.中山大学学报（自然科学）论丛(1):154 Chinese Name
» Description
Camellia parvilapidea, 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.184: Camellia parvilapidea Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser.
1: 155. 1981. [Description] Small
tree 7-8 m tall, branchlets puberulous; older branches glabrous, brown. Leavescoriaceous
or thinly coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 6-10 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide, apicescaudate,
cauda 1.5-2 cm long, bases cuneate or broadly cuneate; light brown above inthe
dry state, not shiny, with numberous small tubercules, midvein pubescent; lateralveins
10-11 pairs, evident above, slightly protruding below; margins sharply
serrulate; petioles 4-5 mm long, pubescent. Flowers not seen. Fruit axillary or
terminal; pedicels3-4 mm long, thick; bracts 5, semiorbicular or suborbicular, 1-3
mm long, pubescent; calyx shallowly cup-shaped, 5-6 mm long, pubescent, basal
half connate, upper halfdivided into 5 sepals, 2-3 mm long. Capsules globose, 1.6
cm in diameter, 3-iocular, 1seed per locule; pericarp 3 mm thick, glabrous.
» Description
小石果连蕊茶Camellia parvilapidea Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981.
《山茶属植物的系统研究》第154页。【标本】广东：汕头，大洋山，F.A.McClure 6504，6619 (模式标本Typus! in Univ. Sunyatsen ) 。广西：大苗山，九万山，双河附近，陈少卿14370，14382，14386，14658， 15005，15746，16006；同地，陈德昭788；秦仁昌5818。【形态特征】小乔木，高7-8米；嫩枝有短柔毛，老枝秃净，褐色。叶膜质或薄革质，椭圆形或长圆形，长6-10厘米，宽2.5-3厘米，先端长尾状，尾长1.5-2厘米，基部楔形或阔楔形，上面干后浅褐色，不发亮，有多数小瘤状突起，中脉有毛，侧脉10-11对，在上面能见，在下面稍突起，边缘有锐利细锯齿，叶柄长4-5毫米，有柔毛。花未见。果实腋生或顶生，果梗长3-6毫米，粗大；苞片5片，半圆形至近圆形，长1-3毫米，有毛；萼浅杯状，长5-6毫米，有柔毛，下半部 连合，上半部分裂为5片萼片，萼片半圆形，长2-3毫米；
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.、琉球连蕊茶 Camellia lutchuensis T.Itō、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、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
