Section：Theopsis
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Remarks：This name is accepted
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Camellia tsaii Hu Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 8: 132 (1938) Accepted Name
Thea fusigera Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 126 (1942) Heterotypic Synonym
Thea tsaii (Hu) Gagnep. H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 316 (1943) Homotypic Synonym
Camellia callidonta Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 143 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia crassipetala Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 96 (1981) Heterotypic Synonym
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Camellia tsaii, 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.175: Camellia tsaii Hu, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 8: 132. 1938. [Synonym] Thea tsaii (Hu)Gagnep, Suppl. Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 1: 316. 1943. \Thea fusiger Gagnep., Not. Syst. 10: 126. 1942.
Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.268-269. Flowers are white, fragrant, approximately 3 cm in diameter, borne in multiples at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils; bud set often abundant. Bracts 4-5 and Sepals 5, both persistent, variously pubescent and ciliate. Petals 5, 1.6-1.8 cm long,1.0-1.1 cm wide, ovate to obovate, tip sometimes emarginate, fused from the base with the staminal column up to 4 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.1-1.5 cm long, outer layer of stamens fused into a cup 5 mm long, approximately 30 stamens. Gynoecium 1.4-1.7 cm long, 3-4 glabrous styles, 80% fused from the base, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: winter to early spring. Capsules subglobose and apiculate, 1.4-1.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, pericarp wall very thin. Leaves oblong to narrowly elliptic with undulate edge, tip acuminate to caudate, base cuneate, 4.0-9.2 cm long, 0.9-2.6 cm wide, margin finely serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface smooth with mid-rib puberulent and impressed, lower surface smooth with slightly raised and lightly villous midrib. Petioles 2-7 mm long, densely puberulent. Shrub up to 8 m tall, young shoots densely puberulent, older branches smooth, and rust-gray in color. Distribution: Southern Yunnan Province, China, Vietnam and Burma; Elevation: 1,200-2,400 m; Specific locality: Mt. Laozufenshan, Luxi County, Yunnan Province, China.
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云南连蕊茶Camellia tsaii Hu in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 8：132, 1938. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第148页。【标本】云南：蔡希陶56363。越南：M.Poilsne 19040。分布：云南；緬甸及越南北部。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶长圆形，长6-9.5厘米，最宽2.9厘米，花梗长4-5毫米，萼 片有毛，长1.5-3毫米，花丝连合成管，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268-269页。花白色，芳香，花径约3厘米，多花顶生或腋生，花芽通常稠密。苞片4~5枚，宿存。萼片5枚，宿存，外面被柔毛，边缘具睫毛。花瓣5枚，长1.6~1.8厘米，宽1.0~1.1厘米，卵圆形至倒卵形，先端有时凹缺,基部与雄蕊柱连生4毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.1~1.5厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成5毫米长短管，雄蕊约30枚。雌蕊长1.4~1.7厘米，花柱无毛，先端3~4裂，基部80%连生，子房无毛。花期：冬季至春初。蒴果近球形，先端有小喙，直径1.4~1.5厘米，无毛，果皮极薄。叶长圆形至狭椭圆形，先端渐尖至尾尖，基部楔形，长4.0~9.2厘米，宽0.9~2.6厘米，边缘具细齿，薄革质，叶面光滑，中豚被短柔毛，中脉凹陷，叶背光滑，中脉略凸起，被稀疏长柔毛。叶柄长2~7毫米，密被短柔毛。灌木或小乔木,高可达8米，嫩枝密被柔毛，老枝光滑，锈灰色。分布：中国云南省南部、越南及緬甸一带，海拔1200-240◦米。可寻地点:云南省泸西县老祖坟山。
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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、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、川鄂连蕊茶 Camellia rosthorniana Hand.-Mazz.、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
