identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
8907A68BC4B25CC7BB553B7E1A7F852A.text	8907A68BC4B25CC7BB553B7E1A7F852A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camellia zijinica M. Lin, Q. L. Ye & Q. Fan 2024	<div><p>Camellia zijinica M.Lin, Q.L.Ye &amp; Q.Fan sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3 Chinese name: 紫金短柱茶</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. Guangdong: Zijin County, Guzhu Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.73333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.73333/lat 23.483334)">Mount Yuewang</a>, in mixed forests, 23°29'N, 114°44' E, 294 m a.s.l., 22 September 2018, H.W. Wang &amp; Q. Fan 18084 (holotype: SYS00236945! isotypes: IBSC1010670! SYS00236946! SYS00236947! SYS00236948!)</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Camellia zijinica is morphologically similar to C. microphylla in the flower shape and size, but differs from the latter by its young branchlets glabrous (vs. densely pubescent), the diverse leaf shape (elliptic, oblong-elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate vs. oblong-elliptic or obovate-elliptic), midvein raised slightly with sparsely pubescent or glabrous (vs. prominently with densely pubescent), fewer bracteoles and sepals (4-6 vs. 6-7), leaf adaxially matt when dried (vs. vernicose).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Small evergreen shrubs, 2-5 m tall; bark yellowish brown; young branchlets reddish brown, glabrous. Leaf blades elliptic, oblong-elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 2-4.8 × 0.8-1.9 cm, adaxially dark green, abaxially light green, thick papery to coriaceous; petiole 1-3 mm long, pubescent; midrib prominent on both surfaces, glabrous and sometimes adaxially sparsely pubescent, secondary veins 6-7 on each side, invisible; apex rounded, acute or acuminate; margin serrulate; base cuneate. Flowers solitary, terminal or axillary, 1.5-2.3 cm in diameter, subsessile. bracteoles and sepals 4-6, caducous, outside pubescent at base, inside glabrous, margin ciliate; outer bracteoles and sepals broadly semiorbicular, partial apex bifid; inner bracteoles and sepals suborbicular to oblong-elliptic. Petals 4-6, white, distinct, glabrous, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, apically 2-lobed, 7-11 × 4-5 mm. Stamens 33-40, 4-5 mm long, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 1-1.5 mm. Ovary 3-4-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule, about 2 mm in diameter, tomentose. Styles 3 or 4, 1-2 mm long, connate half from the base, apically 3-4-lobed. Capsule ovoid or subglobose, ca. 1.2 cm in diameter; pericarp 1-2 mm thick, splitting into 3-4 valves. Seeds semiglobose or globose, 9-10 mm in diameter, brown, glabrous.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Flowering from September to December, fruiting from January to September.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet refers to Zijin County of Guangdong Province, the type locality of the new species.</p><p>Distribution and habitat.</p><p>Presently, Camellia zijinica is only known from its type locality, Zijin County of northeastern Guangdong. It is distributed in mixed forests of Danxia landscape at altitudes of 200-400 m a.s.l.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>Only two populations of a total of about 90 mature individuals were found currently. Thus, the species could be considered as Endangered (EN; D) status according to IUCN Red List criteria (IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee 2022).</p><p>Additional specimens examined</p><p>(paratypes). China. Guangdong: Zijin County, Guzhu Town, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.73333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.73333/lat 23.483334)">Mount Yuewang</a>, 23°37'N, 115°10'E, 234 m a.s.l., 12 Oct. 2022 (fl. and fr.), Z.M. Zhong 1012 (SYS); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.73333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.73333/lat 23.483334)">Zijin County</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.73333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.73333/lat 23.483334)">Guzhu Town</a>, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.73333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.73333/lat 23.483334)">Mount Yuewang</a>, 23°29'N, 114°44'E, 310 m a.s.l., 7 June 2023 (young fr.), Z.M. Zhong 0607 (SYS), the type locality, 21 July 2023 (young fr.), Z.M. Zhong 0721 (SYS) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8907A68BC4B25CC7BB553B7E1A7F852A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Lin, Min;Ye, Qin-Liang;Zhang, Zhi-Jian;Liao, Wen-Bo;Fan, Qiang	Lin, Min, Ye, Qin-Liang, Zhang, Zhi-Jian, Liao, Wen-Bo, Fan, Qiang (2024): Camellia zijinica (Theaceae), a new species endemic to Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China. PhytoKeys 237: 245-255, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.237.114768, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.237.114768
