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榕江茶 Camellia yungkiangensis Hung T. Chang

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Section:Thea

Conservation Status

Remarks

This name is a synonym of Camellia costata

English

» Description

Camellia yungkiangensis, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Thea, Ser. Gymnogynae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1981(1):93. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.146: Camellia yungkiangensis Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni1981(1):95. 1981. [Description] Shrub 1. 5 m tall, branchlets and terminal buds glabrous, older branches greyish-white. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate or oblong, 8-10cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apicesacute or acuminate, bases cuneate, dull above, glabrous below, lateral veins 7-8 pairs, reticulate veins obscure; margins sparsely serrate, teeth separation 4-5 mm; petioles5-8mm long. Flowers 1-2, axillary, pedicels 1-1.4 cm long, bracts early deciduous; sepals 3. 5 cm long sparsely pubescent. Capsules axillary, globose or bicoccus, 2 cm wide, glabrous, 2-locular, 1 seed per locule, pericarp 1 mm thick; pedicels 1.4 cm long, glabrous; bracts 2, early deciduous; sepals 5, broadly ovoid, ca. 3. 5 mm long, outersurfaces glabrous, apices rounded, ciliate. Flowering period September to October.


» Distribution

Guizhou: Rongjiang County, Moon Mountain; Pu'an. Yunnan: Hekou, Penang Zhai. Guangxi: Da Miao Mountain.

Chinese

» Description

榕江茶Camellia yungkiangensis Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达,1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第117页。【标本】贵州:榕江县,月亮山,海拔970米,简卓坡等51745 (模式标本Typus! in Bot, Inst, peknig). 51747;植物研究所黔南队3149;普安,北京植物所,安顺队 1362. 云南:河口,槟榔寨,昆明工作站5369. 广西:大苗山,陈少卿1556915819【形态特征】灌木,高1.5米;嫩枝及顶芽均无毛,老枝灰白色。叶革质,倒披针形或长圆形,长8-10厘米,宽2.5-3.5厘米,先端急尖或渐尖,基部楔形,上面暗晦,下面无毛,侧脉7-8对,网脉不明显,边绿有疏锯齿,齿刻相隔4-5厘米,叶柄长5-8毫米。花1-2朵腋生,花柄长1-1.4厘米,苞片早落;萼片长3.5厘米,有疏毛。蒴果腋生,球形或双球形,宽2厘米,无毛,2室,每室有种子1个,果皮厚1毫米;果柄长1.4厘米,无毛;苞片2,早落;萼片5片,阔卵圆形,长约3.5毫米,外面无毛,先端圆,有睫毛。花期9-10月。


» Distribution

贵州:榕江县,月亮山;普安。云南:河口,槟榔寨。广西:大苗山。

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