2025/11/28 by Heng-Nan Deng, Xianjun Liao, Xiang‐Qin Yu +2 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · #Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.267.174664
openalex created_date 2025/11/28 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Camellia angustifolia Hung T. Chang was published in 1981 and was treated as a synonym of C. sinensis var. pubilimba in 1992. Field investigation and herbarium research have revealed remarkable morphological differences between C. angustifolia and C. sinensis var. pubilimba. Evidence from morphology—particularly the variations in indumentum on young branches, leaves, and flowers, the size of the sepals, and the thickness of the pericarp—suggests that C. angustifolia should not be reduced to C. sinensis var. pubilimba. We hereby reinstate the independent specific status of C. angustifolia . A detailed description, including the flower morphology of C. angustifolia , is provided. In addition, the incorrect information regarding the type specimen in the protologue of C. angustifolia has been rectified.