@Article{taiwania2023684465, AUTHOR = {Ngoc Bon Trinh, Van Dung Luong, Nguyet Hai Ninh Le, Van The Pham}, TITLE = {Camellia vanlangensis (Theaceae, Sect. Archecamellia), a new yellow-flowered species from Vietnam}, JOURNAL = {Taiwania}, VOLUME = {68}, YEAR = {2023}, ISSUE = {4}, PAGES = {465-471}, URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1965}, ABSTRACT = {A new plant species, Camellia vanlangensis, belonging to the Archecamellia section is described from Thanh Hoa Province, northern Vietnam. It grows up to 8 m tall and has big golden yellow flowers up to 8 cm wide. The flower is a solitary, subterminal, cup-shaped, with glabrous pedicel, 5–6 persistent bracteoles, 9–10 persistent orange-green sepals, and 10–11 petals. It has 130–150 stamens in 5 whorls, glabrous 3–5-loculed ovary, 3–5 distinct styles, 5-rigged and apex sunken of capsule. A detailed comparison between new species and two close related species, C. impressinervis and C. calcicola, is provided. Preliminary IUCN conservation status of this species is assigned as Critically Endangered (CR).}, DOI = {10.6165/tai.2023.68.465} }