TY -JOUR
AU -Ngoc Bon Trinh
AU -Van Dung Luong
AU -Nguyet Hai Ninh Le
AU -Van The Pham
TI -Camellia vanlangensis (Theaceae, Sect. Archecamellia), a new yellow-flowered species from Vietnam
PY -2023
DA -2023-11-10
JO -Taiwania
VL -68
IS -4
SP -465
EP -471
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1965
AB -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).
DO -10.6165/tai.2023.68.465