Research Paper
Camellia chinmeii, a new species of Camellia sect. Paracamellia in Taiwan
Shih-Lin Lee, Tsung-Yu Aleck Yang
Published on: 25 July 2019
Page: 321 - 325
DOI: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.321
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Abstract
A new species of Camellia chinmeii S.L. Lee & T.Y.A. Yang (Theaceae; sect. Paracamellia Sealy) is described. Camellia chinmeii has sessile flowers, six to ten perules, four or five white, early deciduous petals, yellow radiating stamens separate to the base or nearly so, style 6-7 mm long and fused 1/2 to 2/3 from the base, densely tomentose ovary. The fruit is a globose, beaked or unbeaked capsule.
Keyword: Camellia chinmeii, New species, Section Paracamellia, Theaceae, Taiwan