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Issue: Vol. 459 No. 1: 9 September 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.459.1.6
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Camellia rostrata, a new species of yellow camellias from Southwest China

CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China.
Guangxi Academy of Forestry, Nanning 530002, Guangxi, China.
Nanning Golden Camellia Park, Nanning 530022, Guangxi, China.
Nanning Golden Camellia Park, Nanning 530022, Guangxi, China.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Guangxi Academy of Forestry, Nanning 530002, Guangxi, China.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
endemism morphology plant conservation taxonomy Theaceae Eudicots

Abstract

Camellia rostrata S.X.Yang & S.F.Chai is described and illustrated as a new species from Guangxi, China. It is morphologically closest to C. debaoensis R.C.Hu & Y.Q.Liufu, but can be easily distinguished by its abaxially glabrous leaf surface, 1.0−1.5(−2.0) cm long pedicel, powdery puberulent inner surface of bracteoles, sepals, and petals, sparsely pubescent inner filaments base, and triangle globose or ellipsoid capsule with pointed beak. The conservation status of this new species was assessed as Critically Endangered (CR).