Camellia phuongchiana (Theaceae, section Piquetia), a new species from Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam

Quach, Van Hoi; Hoang, Thanh Truong; Truong, Quang Cuong; Le, Viet Hung; Luong, Van Dung; Võ, Quang Trung; Nong, Van Duy; Curry, Anthony S.

doi:10.1007/s12228-022-09716-w

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“… Camellia L. is the largest genus in Theaceae , widely distributed across eastern and southern Asia ( Chang 1981 ; Ming et al 2000 ). More than twenty new Camellia species have been predominantly reported and described in China and Vietnam in recent years ( Shi et al 2018 ; Hu et al 2019 ; Le et al 2020 ; Nguyen et al 2020 ; Xu et al 2020 ; Yu et al 2021 ; Ly et al 2022 ; Quach et al 2022 ; Ye et al 2022 ). Moreover, China has the highest richness of Camellia species with over 80% of Camellia species, mainly distributed in Yunnan Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province and Sichuan Province ( Chang and Ren 1998 ; Ming and Bartholomew 2007 ).…”

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Camellia zijinica (Theaceae), a new species endemic to Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China

Lin,

Ye,

Zhang

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A new species of the genus Camellia (Theaceae), Camellia zijinica, discovered in the Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China, is characterized and illustrated. Phylogenetic analysis based on chloroplast genomes suggested its affinity with C. drupifera, C. oleifera and C. fluviatilis, however, it morphologically differs from all of the latter by leaf shape and size. Phonologically, it most closely resembles C. microphylla, but can be distinguished from the latter by its young branchlets glabrous (vs. densely pubescent), fewer bracteoles and sepals, diverse leaf shape, midvein raised slightly with sparsely pubescent or glabrous (vs. prominently with densely pubescent) and leaf adaxially matt (vs. vernicose) when dried. By morphological and molecular analyses, Camellia zijinica represented a distinct new species of C. sect. Paracamellia.

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