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五柱茶 Camellia pentastyla Hung T.Chang

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Section:Thea

Conservation Status

Remarks

This name is a synonym of Camellia taliensis

English

» Description

Camellia pentastyla, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Thea, Ser. Pentastylae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1981(1): 91. 1981.  Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.142: Camellia pentastyla Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1981(1): 92. 1981. [Description] Tree 10 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 8-12 cm long, 3.5-5. 3 cm wide, apices abruptly acute, acumine obtuse, bases broadly cuneate, shiny above, glabrous below, lateral veins 7-8 pairs, margins with small obtuse teeth or sometimes nearly entire, petioles 5-10 mm long. Flowers 4 cm in diameter, pedicels 4-6 mm long; bracts 2, earlydeciduous; sepals nearly semiorbicular, 4-6 mm long, outer surface glabrous; petals 12-13; stamens 8-10 mm long, basally slightly connate; ovaries pilose; styles 5-parted, completely free, 8-9 mm long. Capsules globose, 2. 5 cm in diameter, 1 seed per locule.


» Distribution

CHINA: Fengqing of Yunnan province
Chinese

» Description

五柱茶Camellia pentastyla Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达,1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第114页。【标本】云南:风庆,马街,岩房至梅竹途中,海拔2050米,1963212日,夏丽芳、杨正洪28(模式标本T}rpus! in Bot. Inst. Kunming), 56【形态特征】乔木,高10米。叶革质,椭圆形,长8-12厘米,宽3.5-5.3厘米,先端短尖,尖头钝,基部阔楔形,上面发亮,下面无毛,侧脉7-8对,边缘有钝小齿,有时近全缘,叶柄长5-10毫米。花直径4厘米,花梗长4-6毫米,苞片2,早落;萼片近半圆形,长4-6毫米,外面无毛;花瓣12-13片;雄蕊长8-10毫米,基部稍连生;子房有茸毛,花柱5条,完全分离,长8-9毫米。蒴果球形,直径2.5厘米,每室有种子1个。


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云南:风庆

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