南投秃连蕊茶 Camellia transnokoensis HayataCamellia transnokoensis

Camellia transnokoensis, 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 transnokoensis Hay., Icon. Pl. Formos. 8: 11. 1919. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves oblong, 3-5 cm long. Pedicels 2. 5 mm long; sepals 2-3mm long, free, only ciliate; stamens forming a short filament tube, ovaries glabrous. Thea transnokoensis (Hay, )Mak. & Nem., Fl. Jap., ed. 2, 745. 1931. \Theopsis transnokoensis (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.264-265. Flowers are white, often with a red spot on the outermost petals, slightly fragrant, 3.2-4.2 cm in diameter, borne in multiples at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils; bud set usually abundant. Bracts 4, persistent. Sepals 5, persistent, ciliate hairs on margins. Petals 6, 22-2.6 cm long, 2.0-2.1 cm wide, obovate or obcordate in shape, cleft at the tip up to 2 mm, fused from the base with the staminal column up to 3-5 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.6-2.1 cm in length, outer layer of stamens fused from the base into a cup 8-10 mm long, approximately 40 stamens. Gynoecium 1.7-2.2 cm long, 3 glabrous styles, 60%-80% fused from the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: winter to spring. Capsules ovoid with a small beak at the point of style attachment, 1.0-1.3 cm long, 0.9-1.1 mm in diameter, glabrous, pericarp wall about 1 mm thick. Leaves elliptic, tip acute to acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, 1.3-4.2 cm long, 0.7-2.3 cm wide, margin serrulate, upper surface smooth, with pubescent midrib, lower surface smooth, with midrib slightly raised. Petiole 1-3 mm long, variably pubescent. Shrub or small tree up to 7 m tall, young shoots pubescent, older branches smooth and rust-gray in color. Distribution: Nenggao Mountain and Nantou and Xinzhu Counties, Taiwan Province of China; Elevation: 2,000-2,400 m; Spe-cific locality: Nantou County, Taiwan Province of China. This cultivar was awarded as an AGM (Award of Garden Merit) plant by the Royal Horticultural Society  in 2012 at H4 rate (hardy: average winter; -10°C to -5°C).

台湾秃连蕊茶Camellia transnokoensis Hayata in Ic. PI. Formos, 8：11,1919. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第148页。【标本】台湾： Kanehira et Sasari 48。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶长圆形，长3-5厘米：花梗长2.5毫米；萼长2-3毫米，离生，只有睫毛；雄蕊有短的花丝管，子房无毛。

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264-265页。花白色，瓣背常带红色斑块，略芳香，花径3.2~4.2厘米，多花腋生或顶生，花芽稠密。苞片4枚，宿存。萼片5枚，边缘具睫毛。花瓣6枚，长2.2~2.6厘米，宽2.0~2.1.厘米，倒卵形或倒心形，先端有2毫米缺□，基部与雄蕊柱连生3~5毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.6~2.1厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成8~10毫米长短管，雄蕊约40枚。雌蕊长1.7~2.2厘米，花柱3裂，无毛，基部60%~80%连生，子房无毛。花期冬季至春季。蒴果卵球形，先端有小啄，长1.0~1.3厘米，直径0.9~1.1厘米，无毛，果皮厚约1毫米。叶椭圆形，先端急尖至渐尖，基部楔形至圆形，长1.3~ 4.2厘米，宽0.7~2.3厘米，边缘具齿，叶面光滑，中脉被微毛，叶背光滑，中脉略凸起。叶柄长1~3毫米，被短柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达7米，嫩枝被短柔毛，老枝光滑，绣灰色。分布：中国合湾省的能高山以及南投县和新竹县的森 林中，海拔2000-2400米。可寻地点:中国台湾省南投县山区。