木果红山茶 Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Hung T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.BartholmewCamellia xylocarpa

Camellia xylocarpa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Ser. Reticulatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981.  Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.95: Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:71. 1981. [Description] From the appearance of the flower there is no doubt that this species belongs tosubgen. Camellia sect. Camellia. It blooms between February and March, but the fruit isnot yet mature in May; pericarp thick and woody, 1-2 cm thick; usually 3-locular; withremnants of 10 bracts and sepals, to 1.4 cm long, brown pubescent; leaves small, lanceolate or oblong, lateral veins obscure. [Synonym]Yunnanea xylocarpa Hu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 5: 280. 1956.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.87. Flowers are red, 5.5-7.0 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots. Perules 9-10, partially persistent, glabrous. Petals 6-7,3.0-3.5 cm long, 2.0-2.5 cm wide, obovate, outer surface pubescent, united from the base with the staminal column up to 12 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.6-2.1 cm long, outer filaments fused at the base into a short tube 20 mm long. Gynoecium 1.5-2.0 cm long, 3 styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: spring. Capsules subglobose, surface reddish-brown, 5.0-6.0 cm in diameter, 3-5 locules, pericarp hard and woody, the wall about 2 cm thick. Seeds glabrous. Leaves elliptic, tip acuminate, base broadly cuneate, 5.0-11.0 cm long,2.0-3.8 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, upper surface with midrib and lateral veins impressed, lower surface with midrib slightly raised. Petiole 6-10 mm long. Tree up to 6 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth, gray-white in color. Distribution: Jingshajiang Val-ley from southern Sichuan Province to northern Yunnan Province;Elevation: 1,800-2,400 m; Specific locality: Fengying Town, Huili County, Sichuan Province, China.

木果红山茶Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Chang, comb. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第71页。【标本】云南：风庆（顺宁），海拔2400米，小乔木，高6米，花红，1938年5月27日俞德浚16021(模式）。【形态特征】从花的形态看，它无疑地是山茶亚属中红花山茶组（Subgen. Caiueliia，Seect. Camellia)的种类，它在2-3月间开花，5月果实尚未成熟，果皮厚木质，厚1-2厘米，通常3室，尚有残留萼片及苞片10片，最长达1.4厘米，被褐毛；叶片为细小披针形或长圆形，侧脉不明显。

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87页。花红色，花径5.5~7.0厘米，单花顶生。鱗片9~10枚，略宿存，无毛。花瓣6~7枚，长3.0~3.5厘米，宽2.0~2.5厘米，倒卵形，基部与雄蕊柱连生12毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.6~2.1厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊长1.5~2.0厘 米，花柱先端3裂，子房被绒毛。花期春季。蒴果近球形，表面红褐色，直径5.0~6.0厘米，3~5室，果皮木质，坚硬，厚约2厘米。种子无毛。叶椭圆形，先端渐尖，基部阔楔形，长5.0~11.0厘米，宽2.0~3.8厘米，边缘具细齿，叶面主脉和侧脉略凹陷，叶背面主脉略凸起。叶柄长6~10毫米。小乔木，高可达6米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，灰白色。分布：四川省南部至云南省北部的金沙江流域，海拔1800-2400米。可寻地点：四川省会 理县凤营镇。