Camellia fascicularis Hung T.chang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Theaceae > Camellia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 2-8 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets purplish brown, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 10-19.5 × 5-9.5 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially pale green and brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green, both surfaces glabrous, midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially slightly raised, secondary veins 9 or 10 on each side of midvein, slender, abaxially raised, and adaxially slightly impressed, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin serrate, apex abruptly shortly caudate to caudate and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired, 3.5-4.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 6-8 mm, thick, thickened toward apex; bracteoles 5 or 6, not covering pedicel, ovate to semiorbicular, 1-2 × 2-3 mm, outside glabrous or sparsely puberulent, inside white puberulent, margin ciliolate. Sepals 5, suborbicular, 7-9 mm, leathery, outside sparsely puberulent to subglabrous, inside white pubescent, margin ciliolate. Petals 7 or 8, pale yellow; outer 2 petals suborbicular, 1.3-1.5 × 1.1-1.5 cm, concave, outside white puberulent; inner petals elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm, glabrous, basally connate for 2-5 mm. Stamens ca. 1.8 cm, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for ca. 5 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 3 mm, 3-grooved, glabrous, 3-loculed, apically 3-lobed; styles 3, distinct, ca. 2 cm. Capsule globose to oblate, (2 or)3-coccal, 4-6 × (4-)6-8 cm; pericarp 3-6 mm thick when dry. Seeds brown, hemispherical, densely yellow pubescent. Fl. Dec, fr. Sep. 2n = 30*.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Camellia fascicularis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Camellia fascicularis threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961656-1
WFO ID wfo-0000582341
COL ID Q9HK
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Synonyms

Camellia fascicularis Camellia euphlebia var. yunnanensis