Camellia chinmeii

Camellia chinmeii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Theaceae
Genus:	Camellia
Species:	C. chinmeii
Binomial name
	Camellia chinmeii; S.L. Lee & T.Y.A, Yang[1][2]

Camellia chinmeii 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. chinmeii 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.[1]

Distribution and Ecology

The species is endemic to Taiwan. Camellia chinmeii 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.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, chinmeii, derives from the name of Ms. Chin-Mei Hung, who first recognized Camellia chinmeii as a new taxon in 2010.[2]

References

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
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. Retrieved 2019-09-07.

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[taiwania-1] 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

[novataxa-2] 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. Retrieved 2019-09-07.