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Xiangying's Key for Camellia (by Xiangying Wen)


Character List

1: Habit [Unordered List]

2: Plant Height (m) (m) [Real Number]
3: Leaf upper surface [Unordered List] 4: Young Branch [Unordered List] 5: Young Branch shape [Unordered List] 6: Branchlet macula [Unordered List]
    • 1. present
7: Terminal bud hairiness [Unordered List] 8: Terminal bud shape [Unordered List] 9: Leaf texture [Unordered List] 10: Leaf lower surface [Unordered List] 11: Leaf length (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
12: Leaf width (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
13: Leaf shape [Unordered List] 14: Leaf margin [Unordered List] 15: Leaf apex [Unordered List] 16: Leaf base [Unordered List] 17: Lateral vein: pairs [Integer]
18: Petiole length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
19: Petiole [Unordered List] 20: Flower [Unordered List]
    • 2. 2-5 flowers clustered   (90 taxa)
    • 3. 3-5 flowers forming short raceme   (1 taxon)
21: Flower position [Unordered List] 22: Flower diameter (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
23: Bract [Unordered List] 24: Bract shape [Unordered List] 25: Bract length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
26: Bract hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 1. glabrous
    • 3. pubescent outside   (2 taxa)
    • 4. pubescent inside
    • 5. pubescent on both sides
27: Pedicel [Unordered List] 28: Pedicel length (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
29: Pedicel hairiness [Unordered List] 30: Bractlet number [Integer]
31: Bractlet [Unordered List] 32: Bractlet position [Unordered List]
    • 1. near the middle of pedicel   (13 taxa)
    • 2. spirally arranged on the pedicel   (4 taxa)
    • 3. bifariouly covers the pedicel   (1 taxon)
    • 4. covers the pedicel   (18 taxa)
    • 5. spreading, arranged on the pedicel, not cover the pedicel   (10 taxa)
    • 6. upper part of the pedicel   (7 taxa)
    • 7. close to the sepals   (4 taxa)
33: Bractlet shape [Unordered List] 34: Branchlet length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
35: Bractlet width (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
36: Bractlet hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 3. glabrous on both sides   (29 taxa)
    • 6. pubescent on both sides   (9 taxa)
    • 10. sericeous outside   (15 taxa)
    • 11. sericeous on both sides   (21 taxa)
37: Sepal [Unordered List] 38: Sepal number [Integer]
39: Sepal shape [Unordered List] 40: Sepal length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
41: Sepal width (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
42: Sepal hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 3. glabrous on both sides   (29 taxa)
    • 5. pubescent on both sides   (16 taxa)
    • 12. sericeous outside   (16 taxa)
    • 13. sericeous on both sides   (10 taxa)
43: Sepal color [Unordered List] 44: Petal number [Integer]
45: Petal color [Unordered List] 46: Petal shape [Unordered List] 47: Petal apex [Unordered List] 48: Petal length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
49: Petal width (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
50: Petal texture [Unordered List] 51: Petal hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 1. glabrous on both sides   (4 taxa)
    • 2. glabrous inside   (3 taxa)
    • 3. glabrous outside
    • 8. pubescent inside   (4 taxa)
    • 9. pubescent on both sides   (8 taxa)
52: Petal [Unordered List]
    • 2. basally slightly connate   (94 taxa)
    • 3. basally highly connate   (1 taxon)
53: Stamen length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
54: Filaments hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 1. pubescent at the base of inner filaments   (6 taxa)
    • 3. upper part villose   (15 taxa)
55: Filaments [Unordered List]
    • 2. lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube   (39 taxa)
    • 3. lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube   (76 taxa)
    • 4. outer filaments completely connate into a long fleshy tube   (5 taxa)
    • 5. the base of outer filaments connate into a short tube   (14 taxa)
    • 6. the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube   (41 taxa)
56: Ovary [Unordered List] 57: Ovary shape [Unordered List] 58: Ovary locus [Unordered List] 59: Relative length of stamens and styles [Unordered List]
    • 2. stamens longer than styles   (43 taxa)
    • 3. stamens shorter than styles   (11 taxa)
60: Style number [Unordered List] 61: Style length (mm) (mm) [Real Number]
62: Style hairiness [Unordered List]
    • 2. pubescent at the lower part   (43 taxa)
    • 3. pubescent at the upper part   (5 taxa)
63: Style [Unordered List] 64: Fruit rib [Unordered List] 65: Fruit shape [Unordered List] 66: Fruit height (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
67: Fruit diameter (cm) (cm) [Real Number]
68: Pericarp [Unordered List] 69: Seed number per locule [Unordered List] 70: Seed shape [Unordered List] 71: Seed color [Unordered List] 72: Seed hairiness [Unordered List] 73: Elevation (m) (m) [Integer]
74: Distribution: China [Unordered List] 76: Distribution: other countries [Unordered List]

Groups

  • 1: General
  • 2: Branch/Bud
  • 3: Leaf
  • 4: Flower
  • 5: Perianth
  • 6: Stamen
  • 7: Pistil
  • 8: Fruit
  • 9: Seed

 

References: This key is based on the book: Ming Tien-lu. 2000. Monograph of the Genus Camellia. Yunnan Science and Technology Press, Kunming, P.R. China. Some distributional data were revised based on collection data at MO.

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