柳叶毛蕊茶 Camellia salicifolia Champ. Camellia salicifolia

Camellia salicifolia, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Eriandria, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.207: Camellia salicifolia Champ. ex Benth. in Hook., Journ. Bot. 3: 309. 1851. [Description] Branchlets very villous. Leaves thin, lanceolate, pubescent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 1-1. 5 cm long; filaments connate into a tube, pubescent; ovaries and styles pubescent. There is a great deal of variation in the sepals of this species. The Hong Kongspecimens exhibit two types of sepals some 1. 5 cm long and some less than 1 cm longalthough the leaf shapes are all the same. So it is difficult to subdivide these specimensby sepal length. Some specimens of C. cordifolia have thin leaves and rounded sepals. Their leaves are similar to the Hong Kong specimens, and they may be hybrids. This type also occurs in Taiwan. [Distribution] Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan. [Synonym] Thea salicifolia (Champ.) Seem., Trans. Linn. Soc. 22:349. 1859. \Thea salicifolia var. warburgii Kochs in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 27: 583. 1900. \Camelliastrum salicifolium (Champ.)Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16: 701. 1940. \Camellia salicifolia var. longisepala Keng, Taiwania 1:233. 1950.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.139-140. Flowers are white, slightly fragrant,2.0-3.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tip of twigs and in leaf axils. Pedicels 4-5 mm long, villous. Bracts 4-5 and Sepals 5, persistent, both with outer surface densely villous, inside glabrous. Petals 5-6,1.3-2.0 cm long, 0.8-1.6 cm wide, obovate, outside villous, slightly fused at the base with the staminal column. Androecium 1.0-1.5 cm long, free portion of filaments villous, outer layer fused from the base about 2/3 of the length of the stamens. Gynoecium densely villous, 3 styles, shallowly divided at the tip, ovary densely tomentose. Blooming season: autumn to winter. Capsules globose, 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter, densely villous, 1 locule, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, tip caudate-acuminate, base rounded,4.5-10.0 cm long, 1.4-3.0 cm wide, margin shallowly serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface with midrib slightly raised and villous, lower surface with midrib raised and lightly villous hair over the surface. Petiole 2-4 mm long, densely villous. Shrub or small tree up to 6 m tall, young shoots villous, reddish-brown, twigs slender and slightly pendulous,older branches dark gray in color. Distribution: Under the canopy of evergreen forests in the Chi-nese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Taiwan, and Hong Kong; Elevation: 300-800 m; Specific locality: Nanping Forest Farm, Nanping City, Fujian Province, China.

Camellia salicifolia has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2015. Camellia salicifolia is listed as Least Concern.

柳叶毛蕊茶 Camellia salicifoiia Champ, ex Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. 3：309, 1851. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第179页。【标本】广东：梅县，曾怀德21486；大埔，曾怀德21054；惠阳，曾怀德25636；从化，曾怀德20525；仁化，曽怀德26099；怀集，曾怀德23129；罗定，王伯荪、许霖庆 960。香港：大帽山，陈念勉40118。广西：昭平，梁盛业6505249。福建：唐瑞荣669；闽西南，J. L. Gressitt 1727。分布：广东，广西，福建，台湾。【形态特征】嫩枝多长丝毛，叶薄，披针形，有毛，萼片线状披针形，长1-1.5厘米，花丝连合成管，有毛，子房有毛，花柱有毛。这个种的萼片变化很大，在原种发表时所引用的香港标本，就有尖萼长达1.5厘米和长不到1厘米的萼片的2个类型，但叶子的形态完全一致，因此难于再划分。还有一批归到心叶毛蕊茶C. cordifolia的薄叶而且萼片圆形的标本，它们的叶片和这个种完全一样，它们可能是自然杂交的产物，这个类型亦分布于台湾。

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139-140页。花白色，略芳香，花径2.0~3.0厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长4~5毫米，被长柔毛。苞片4~5枚，萼片5枚，宿存，表面密被长柔毛，里面无毛。花瓣5~6枚，长1.3~2.0厘米，宽0.8〜1.6厘米，倒卵形，表面被长柔毛，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊长1.0~1.5厘米，离生部分有长柔毛，外轮花丝基部连生约2/3。雌蕊密被长柔毛，花柱先端3浅裂，子房密被绒毛。花期秋季至冬季。 蒴果球形，直径1.5~2.0厘米，密被长柔毛，1室，果皮厚约1毫米。叶长圆状披针形，先端尾状渐尖，基部圆形，长4.5~10.0厘米，宽1.4~3.0厘米，边缘具浅齿，薄革质，叶面中脉略凸起并被长柔毛，叶背中脉凸起，被长柔毛。叶柄长2~4毫米，密被长柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达6米，嫩枝被挨柔毛，红褐色，小枝细密，略下垂，老枝灰褐色。分布：中国台湾省、香港特区、广东省、广西壮族自 治区、福建省一带（通常生长在林下），海拔300-800米。可寻地点:福建省南平市南平林场。

柳叶毛蕊茶最近一次于 2015年进行了IUCN濒危等级评估，被评为无危 Least Concern（LC）。