阿里山连蕊茶 Camellia transarisanensis (Hayata) Cohen-StuartCamellia transarisanensis

Camellia transarisanensis, 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.184: Camellia transarisanensis (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz., ser. 3, 1:320. 1919. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 4. 5 cm long, 1. 5 cm wide. Pedicels 3mm long; calyx cup-shaped, 4 mm long, exterior pubescent; filament tube longer thanthe free filaments, glabrous; ovaries pubescent. This species is close to C. handelii, but the calyx is shorter. [Distribution] Taiwan. [Synonym] Thea parvifolia Hay., Icon. P1. Formos. 3: 45. 1913, non Salisb. \Thea transarisanensis Hay., Icon. Pl. Formos. 5:10. 1915. \Camellia parvifolia (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart, Meded. Proefst. Thee 40: 68. 1916. \Theopsis transarisanensis (Hay.)Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16: 707. 1940.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.262-263. Flowers are white, sometimes with a slight pink-edge on petals, slightly fragrant, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, borne at the tip of the shoot or in leaf axils. Pedicels 3 mm long. Bracts about 3, pubescent. Sepals 5, outer surface pubescent, inside surface glabrous. Petals 5-6, 1.5-1.8 cm long, broadly obovate, fused from the base with the staminal column up to 6 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.4-1.6 cm long, outer filaments fused from the base to form a tube 1.0-1.3 cm long. Gynoecium 1.1 cm long, 3 styles shallowly divided at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: autumn. Capsules globose, 1.0-1.3 cm in diameter, 1 locule. Leaves oblong-elliptic in shape, tip bluntly acuminate, base cuneate, 2.0-4.5 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm wide, margin bluntly serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface smooth with pubescent midrib, lower surface smooth, glabrous. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to 2.5 m tall, young shoots villose, twigs slender, older branches smooth, brown in color. Distribution: Under evergreen forest canopy at high elevation in the center of Taiwan Province of China on Ali mountain, Lianda Mountain, Daxue Mountain, etc. Elevation: 2,100-2,700 m; Specific locality: Alishan (Ali mountain), Taiwan Province, China.

阿里山连蕊茶Camellia transarisanensis (Hay.) Cohen Stuart in Bull. Jard. Bot. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第155页。【标本】台湾：U. Mori 3549。分布：台湾。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶长圆状披针形，4.5x1.5厘米；花梗长3毫米；萼杯状，长4毫米，背面有毛；花丝管较长于游离花丝，无毛；子房无毛。它近似岳麓连蕊茶 C. handelii，后者的花萼较短。

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262-263页。花白色，有时外轮花瓣略带粉红边，略芳香，花径1.5~2.5厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长3毫米。苞片3枚，宿存，表面被柔毛。萼片5枚，表面被短柔毛，里面无毛。花瓣5~6枚，长1.5~1.8厘米，阔倒卵形，基部与雄蕊连生6毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.4~1.6厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成1.0~1.3厘米长短管。雌蕊长1.1厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房无毛。花期秋季。蒴果近球形，直径1.0~1.3厘米，1室。叶长圆状椭圆形，先端钝尖，基部楔形，长2.0~ 4.5厘米，宽0.8~1.5厘米，边缘具钝齿，薄革质，叶面光滑，中脉被短柔毛，叶背光滑，无毛。叶柄长2~4毫米，被短柔毛。灌木，高可达2.5米，嫩枝被长柔毛，枝条稠密，老枝光滑，褐色。分布：中国台湾省中部高海拔地区的常绿阔叶林下 (如阿里山、峦大山、大雪山等），海拔2100-2700米。可 寻地点:中国台湾省阿里山。