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9. Camellia sect. Tuberculatae Hung T. Chang, Taxon. Gen. Camellia. 47. 1981.

瘤果茶组 liu guo cha zu

Flowers subterminal, solitary, subsessile. Pedicel covered by bracteoles; bracteoles and sepals imbricate, ± caducous after anthesis, crustaceous, margin scarious. Petals white or rarely red. Stamens glabrous; outer filament whorl ± connate. Ovary tuberculate, 3-5-loculed; styles 3-5, distinct. Capsule tuberculate, 3-5-loculed, apex sunken. Seeds pilose.

Six species: China.

● Six species: China.


1 Leaf blade 4-8 × 1.5-2.5 cm, adaxially hirtellous along midvein; flowers ca. 3 cm in diam.; fruit ca. 1.5 cm in diam.   79 C. parvimuricata
+ Leaf blade 4.5-15.5(-16) × 1.5-6 cm, adaxially glabrous; flowers 4-6 cm in diam.; fruit 1.8-3.5(-4) cm in diam   (2)
       
2 (1) Ovary and style glabrous.   77 C. ilicifolia
+ Ovary and style tomentose or villous (sometimes glabrous in C. tuberculata and C. anlungensis)   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blades oblong to lanceolate, abaxially sparsely pilose along midvein.   78 C. rhytidocarpa
+ Leaf blades elliptic, obovate-elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or oblong, glabrous or hirtellous near base especially along midvein   (4)
       
4 (3) Current year branchlets yellowish brown; leaf blade abaxially hirtellous near base especially along midvein but glabrescent, adaxially glabrous.   74 C. tuberculata
+ Current year branchlets reddish brown; leaf blade glabrous on both surfaces   (5)
       
5 (4) Flowers 5-6 cm in diam.; sepals 1.5-2.5 cm; fruit ca. 3.5 cm in diam.   75 C. pyxidiacea
+ Flowers 4-5 cm in diam.; sepals ca. l cm; fruit 2-3 cm in diam.   76 C. anlungensis

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