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Camellia pitardii var. alba, 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.94: Camellia pitardii var. alba Chang, Acta. Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:69. 1981. [Description] A typo floribus albis differt. Like the typical species but with white flowers.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.66. Flowers white, slightly fragrant,5.0-8.0 cm in diameter. Petals 5-6. Blooming season: spring. Leaves oblong or elliptic, tip sharply acuminate, base cuneate, 8.0-12.0 cm long,2.5-4.0 cm wide, margin thinly and sharply serrulate, thickly coriaceous. Shrub or small tree up to 7 m tall. Other char-acteristics are similar to C. pitardi var. pitardii. Distribution: Central Sichuan Province to Chongqing, north-western Hunan Province;tive Station, Badagongshan Natu-ral Protective Area, Songzhi County, Hunan Province, China.
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西南白山茶Camellia pitardii var alba Chang, var. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第69页。【标本】湖南：保靖，簸箕公社，文选开306，301，206.(Typus，in Herb. Univ. Sunyatsen)。【形态特征】和原种的区别在于花白色。
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66页。花白色，略芳香，花径5.0~8.0厘米。花瓣5~6枚。花期春季。叶长圆形或椭圆形，先端锐尖，基部楔形，长8.0~12.0厘米，宽2.5~4.0厘米，边缘具细尖齿，质地较硬。灌木或小乔木，高可达7米。其他性状与西南红山茶（C.pitardi var.pitardii)相似。分布：四川省的中部至重庆市、湖南省 西北部，海拔700-1300米。可寻地点:湖南省桑植县八大公山国家级自然保护区天平山管理站。
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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、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、卵果红山茶 Camellia oviformis 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
