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- Title
Camellia vanlangensis (Theaceae, Sect. Archecamellia), a new yellow-flowered species from Vietnam.
- Authors
Ngoc Bon TRINH; Van Dung LUONG; Nguyet Hai Ninh LE; Van The PHAM
- Abstract
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).
- Subjects
VIETNAM; CAMELLIAS; INTERNATIONAL Union for Conservation of Nature &; Natural Resources; SPECIES; PLANT species; PLANT classification; SECTS
- Publication
Taiwania, 2023, Vol 68, Issue 4, p465
- ISSN
0372-333X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6165/tai.2023.68.465