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6. Camellia sect. Camelliopsis (Pierre) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia. 97. 1958.
毛蕊茶组 mao rui cha zu
Thea sect. Camelliopsis Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 119. 1887; Camellia sect. Eriandria Cohen-Stuart; Camelliastrum Nakai.
Leaf blade small, thinly leathery, abaxially hirtellous along midvein. Flowers small. Petals white, outside farinose-puberulent. Stamens pilose or glabrous; filaments in 2 whorls; outer filament whorl connate for basal 2/3 into a tube. Ovary and style tomentellate. Capsule small, only 1 locule developed; pericarp splitting into 3 valves; columella nearly abortive.
Nine species: Bhutan, China, NW India, N Myanmar, N Vietnam; nine species (eight endemic) in China.
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Filaments (at least outer ones) glabrous; style apically glabrous |
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Filaments densely villous; style densely pubescent |
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Young branches white maculate; sepals outside glabrous, margin broadly membranous. |
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50 C. punctata |
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Young branches not maculate; sepals outside glabrous, apically puberulent, pubescent, or tomentose, margin not membranous |
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Calyx cupular, 7-8 mm, densely pubescent to tomentose. |
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53 C. assimiloides |
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Calyx shallowly cupular, 1.5-3.5 mm, glabrous, sparsely pubescent, or puberulent |
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Leaf blade 4-8 × 2-3 cm; calyx lobes 3-3.5 mm; style ca. 1.3 cm. |
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51 C. lawii |
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Leaf blade 2-3.5 × 1-1.5 cm; calyx lobes 1.5-2 mm; style 0.8-0.9 cm. |
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52 C. villicarpa |
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Current year branchlets pubescent |
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Current year branchlets spreading villous |
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Pedicel 7-10 mm; bracteoles not covering pedicel. |
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54 C. candida |
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Pedicel 2-4 mm; bracteoles ± covering pedicel |
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Calyx 7-8 mm; inner petals basally connate for ca. 6 mm; outer filament whorl basally connate for 1-1.8 cm, distinct part glabrous. |
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53 C. assimiloides |
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Calyx 3-3.5(-5) mm; inner petals basally connate for 2-3 mm; outer filament whorl basally connate for 0.6-0.8 cm, distinct part densely villous. |
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55 C. caudata |
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Bracteoles and sepals lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, apex long acuminate. |
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56 C. salicifolia |
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Bracteoles and sepals ovate, suborbicular, or semiorbicular, apex rounded |
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Leaf blade 2.5-4.5 cm, base rounded, apex bluntly acuminate. |
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57 C. melliana |
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Leaf blade 4-10 cm, base shallowly cordate to subtruncate, apex acuminate to caudate. |
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58 C. cordifolia |
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