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Issue: Vol. 460 No. 3: 25 September 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.460.3.5
Page range: 225–229
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Camellia zhaiana (sect. Longipedicellata), a new species of Theaceae from 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.
Golden Camellia Park, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China.
Golden Camellia Park, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Utilization, Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, 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.
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Utilization, Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, 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 limestone taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Camellia zhaiana is described and illustrated as a new species from Guangxi, China. It is morphologically related to C. longipedicellata, but can be easily distinguished by its pink and puberulent petals as well as its larger thinly leathery leaves. It is accessed to be Critically Endangered (CR) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.