Camellia debaoensis (Theaceae), a new species of yellow camellia from limestone karsts in southwestern China

Renchuan Hu; Sujuan Wei; Yongqing Liufu; Yunkai Nong; Wei Fang

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.135.38756

Camellia debaoensis (Theaceae), a new species of yellow camellia from limestone karsts in southwestern China

PhytoKeys. 2019 Nov 28:135:49-58. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.135.38756. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Renchuan Hu¹, Sujuan Wei², Yongqing Liufu³, Yunkai Nong¹, Wei Fang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science Nanning China.
² Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guilin China.
³ Guangxi Museum of Natural History, Nanning, Guangxi 530012, China Guangxi Museum of Natural History Nanning China.
⁴ Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.

Abstract

Camellia debaoensis R.C.Hu & Y.Q.Liufu, sp. nov. is described and illustrated as a new species from southwestern Guangxi, China. It is morphologically similar to Camellia pubipetala Y. Wan & S. Z. Huang, C. mingii S.X. Yang and C. tuyenquangensis D.V. Luong, N.N.H. Le & N. Tran, but it differs from these species in having glabrous young branches, glabrous petiole, glabrous sepals, glabrous petals, glabrous stamens and glabrous ovary, 10 petals, cylindrical ovary and style 3-lobed to 1/6 style length.

Keywords: Camellia; Theaceae; China; limestone flora; taxonomy.

Renchuan Hu, Sujuan Wei, Yongqing Liufu, Yunkai Nong, Wei Fang.

Grants and funding

National Chinese Medicine Resources Census Project(GXZYZYPC17-3), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (317060088), the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Standards Independent research topic (GZZZ201605), the Guangxi Science and Technology Project (guike AD16380013)