Section：Corallina
Conservation Status：
Remarks：
This name is a synonym of Camellia yunnanensis var. yunnanensis
» Description
Camellia scariosisepaia, Subgenus Thea, Sect.
Corallina, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce
Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.116:
Camellia scariosisepaia Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ.
Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:91. 1981. [Description] Small tree 3-4 m tall, branchlets pubescent. Leaves
thin, ovate-elliptic 5-7 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apices acuminate or caudately
acuminate, bases broadly cuneate, shiny above, midveins at first pubescent
below, lateral veins ca. 6 pairs, margins sharply serrate; petioles4-6 mm long,
pubescent. Flowers white, subsessile; bracts and sepals 9-10, suboribuclar 4-9
mm long, both surfaces glabrous, margins thinly membranous; petals 9, obovate, ca.
2 cm long; stamens 1-1.2 cm long, slightly connate; ovariesglabrous; styles
4-parted, free, 1-1.2 cm long.
» Distribution
» Description
膜萼离蕊茶Camellia scariosisepaia Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981.
《山茶属植物的系统研究》第91页。【标本】云南：永平，杉阳，承国寺上，1958年3月初，云南森林经理大队，第4队161 (模式Typus：
in Bot. Inst. Kunming )。【形态特征】小乔木，高3-4米，嫩枝有毛。叶薄，卵状椭圆形，长5-7厘米，宽2-3厘米，先端渐尖或尾状渐尖，基部阔楔形，上面不发亮，下面初时沿中脉有毛，侧脉约6对，边缘有尖锯齿，叶柄长4-6毫米，有毛。花白色，近无柄，苞片及萼片9-10片，近圆形，长4-9毫米，两面均无毛，边缘薄膜质；花瓣9片，倒卵形，长约2厘米；雄蕊长1-1.2厘米，稍连生；子房无毛，花柱4条，离生，长1-1.2厘米。
» Distribution
云南：永平
Species in the Same Section: 毛籽离蕊茶 Camellia pilosperma S.Yun Liang、红花离蕊茶 Camellia rubriflora Ninh & Hakoda、海宁山茶 Camellia ninhii V.D.Luong & Le、离蕊茶 Camellia corallina (Gagnep.) Sealy、越北金花茶 Camellia tonkinensis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart、滇缅离蕊茶 Camellia wardii Kobuski、越南离蕊茶 Camellia fleuryi、腺叶离蕊茶 Camellia paucipunctata (Merr. & Chun) Chun、五数离蕊茶 Camellia pentamera Hung T.Chang、尖齿离蕊茶 Camellia acutiserrata Hung T.Chang、德华山茶 Camellia hoaana H. T. Khuong & S. X. Yang
