威尔克斯山茶 Camellia wilkesiana Orel & CurryCamellia wilkesiana

Camellia wilkesiana Orel &Curry. Section: Chrysanthae, Camellia: Work in Progress,193 (2019), TYPE: Vietnam. Lam Dong Province: on the foot hills of the Da Lat Plateau, headwaters of the dong Nai River, 20/01/2004, G. Orel, A. S. Curry, G.Richards & G. Wilkes, Orel& Curry VN 17-1-04GW (Holotype, NSW)

C. wilkesiana possesses the following morphological characters: mature leaves narrow elliptic to elliptic oval, 12.0-13.0 cm long; bracts 8-10 (-11), glabrous; flowers deep-yellow, single or geminate, axillary and terminal, 4.0-5.0 (-5.5) cm diam., bracts 8-10 (-11), overlapping, shiny and glabrous; sepals 5-6, inner surfaces glabrous outer surfaces tomentose, persistent after anthesis; petaloids 4-5, basally attached to outer petals, partially persistent after anthesis; petals 7- 9 (-10), in 2 or 3 whorls, ovate to elliptic to oblong, overlapping, basally joined for 4.0-5.0 mm; filaments 2.0-2.5 cm long, numerous, basally fused for 1.0-1.2 mm, joined to inner petals, glabrous; anthers oblong, falcate, basifixed; styles 3-4, free to the base, glabrous; stigma small, disc like; ovary rotund to conical, glabrous, without striations.

Vietnam. Lam Dong Province

威尔克斯山茶 Camellia wilkesiana Orel &Curry 组：金花茶组:Chrysanthae。山茶：工作进展, 193 (2019). 越南林同省大叻高原山麓同奈河源头, 20/01/2004, G. Orel, A. S. Curry, G.Richards & G. Wilkes, Orel& Curry VN 17-1-04GW (主模式, NSW)

成熟叶狭椭圆形至椭圆形卵圆形，长12.0-13.0厘米；苞片8-10（-11），无毛；花深黄色，单瓣或宝石色，腋生和顶生，直径4.0-5.0（-5.5）厘米、 苞片8-10（-11），重叠，发亮无毛；萼片5-6，内面无毛外面被绒毛，花后宿存；花瓣4-5，基部着生于外花瓣，花后部分宿存；花瓣7-9（-10），2或3轮，卵形至椭圆形至长圆形，重叠，基部连接4. 花丝长 2.0-2.5 厘米，多数，基部愈合达 1.0-1.2 毫米，与内花瓣相连，无毛；花药长圆形，镰刀形，基着；花柱 3-4，离生至基部，无毛；柱头小，圆盘状；子房圆形至圆锥形，无毛，无条纹。

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