Camellia chinmeiae
| Camellia chinmeiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Theaceae |
| Genus: | Camellia |
| Species: | C. chinmeiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Camellia chinmeiae S.L.Lee & T.Y.A.Yang[1]
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Camellia chinmeiae is an endemic species of small evergreen tree. It is of the genus Camellia (Chinese: 茶花; pinyin: cháhuā, literally: "tea flower") of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. C. chinmeiae has sessile flowers, six to ten perules, four or five white, early deciduous petals, yellow radiating stamens that are separate to nearly-separate to the base, style 6–7 mm in length and fused 1/2 to 2/3 from the base, densely tomentose ovary. The globose fruit is with beaked or unbeaked capsule.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described in 2019. The authors spelt the epithet chinmeii, but as it derives from the name of Ms. Chin-Mei Hung, who first recognized Camellia chinmeii as a new taxon in 2010,[3] it should have the feminine form chinmeiae, and has been corrected in the International Plant Names Index,[1] and in taxonomic databases such as Plants of the World Online.[4]
Distribution and ecology
The species is endemic to Taiwan. Camellia chinmeiae occurs mainly in mountainous areas, with elevations of between 2000 and 2350 m on gentle slopes in the forests on Mt. Weishangshan, Nantou County, in central Taiwan.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Camellia chinmeiae S.L.Lee & T.Y.A.Yang". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- ^ a b Shih-Lin Lee and Tsung Yu Aleck Yang. 2019. Camellia chinmeii, A New Species of Camellia sect. Paracamellia in Taiwan. Taiwania. 64(3); 321-325. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2019.64.321
- ^ a b Pskhun (2019-07-25). "Species New to Science: [Botany • 2019] Camellia chinmeii (Theaceae) • A New Species of Camellia sect. Paracamellia in Taiwan". Species New to Science. Archived from the original on 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ "Camellia chinmeiae S.L.Lee & T.Y.A.Yang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-03-13.