Camellia puhoatensis (Sect. Archecamellia – Theaceae), a new species from Vietnam

By

Nguyen, Danh-Hung
Lương, Văn-Dũng
Lê, Thị-Hương
Trần, Quốc-Thành
Do, Ngoc-Dai
Lý, Ngọc-Sâm

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

153

Pages

1--11

Subjects

Camellia , section Archecamellia , taxonomy , Theaceae , Vietnam

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.153.49388

 

Abstract

A new species of Theaceae, Camellia puhoatensis N.S. Lý, V.D. Luong, T.H. Le, D.H. Nguyen & N.D. Do, sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Nghe An Province, North Central Coastal Region, Vietnam. It is most similar to C. chrysanthoides, C. flavida and C. petelotii within sect. Archecamellia in shape and colouration of leaf, petal, ovary and glabrous stamen, but differs by its young puberulous shoot, mature leaf sparsely puberulous abaxially and leaf base rounded or broadly obtuse, petiole and pedicel puberulous, tepals 12–13, ovary and style pubescent. The comparison between the new species and C. velutina and C. dormoyana is presented. Data on distribution, ecology, phenology, use and provisional conservation assessment of the new species are given along with an illustration and a colour plate.