Section：Theopsis
Conservation Status：
Remarks：This name is accepted
References：
Camellia rosthorniana Hand.-Mazz. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 61: 108 (1924 publ. 1925) Accepted Name
Thea rosthorniana (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 394 (1931). Homotypic Synonym. Heterotypic Synonym
Theopsis rosthorniana (Hand.-Mazz.) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 686 (1941). Homotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
川鄂连蕊茶 中国高等植物图鉴,第2册，849页 （1972） Chinese Name
Camellia buxifolia Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 139 (1981). Heterotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
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Camellia rosthorniana, 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.178: Camellia rosthorniana Hand. -Mazz.,
Anz. Akad. Wiss. Math. Nat. Mien 61: 108. 1925. [Description] This species is very close to C. transnokoensis only
the outer petals are free andpedicels shorter. Only the Sichuan specimens have
connate sepals and pedicels to 4mm long. With the above Guizhou and Guangxi
specimens the leaf blades arelanceolate with caudate apices. [Distribution] Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. [Synonym]
Thea rosthorniana (Hand. -Mazz.) Hand. -Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 394. 1931.
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川鄂连蕊茶Cameliia rosthorniana Hand.-Mzt. in Anz. Akad. Wiss. Math. Nat. Mien, 61*
108。 1925. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第148页。【标本】云南：蔡希陶51796四川：峨眉山，杨光辉53466；曲桂龄6806；南川，李国凤6042；广西：龙胜，覃灝富、李中提71057.贵州：罗甸，张志松、张永田246.，分布：四川、湖南、湖北、广西，贵州，云南。【形态特征】这个种和台湾连蕊茶C.transnorensis
Hayata很接近，只是后者的萼片离生，花柄较短；四川标本具有合生的萼，和长为4毫米的花柄，上述贵州及广西的标本，具有披针形的叶，先端长尾状。
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、短柄细叶连蕊茶 Camellia parvilimba var. brevipes Hung T.Chang、小石果连蕊茶 Camellia parvilapidea 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
