identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
660D718166C659E9B9359CCD88209BF1.text	660D718166C659E9B9359CCD88209BF1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camellia shangshii Shi Y. Wang & Q. Fan 2026	<div><p>Camellia shangshii Shi Y. Wang &amp; Q. Fan sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3 Chinese name: 尚时短柱茶</p><p>Type.</p><p>China. • Guangdong: <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)">Danxiashan Mountain</a>, Renhua County, in mixed forests, 23°29'N, 114°44'E, 294 m a. s. l., 5 November 2023, Z. X. Chen JXZ 231101 (holotype: SYS!; isotype: SYS!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Camellia shangshii resembles C. grijsii, but it can be distinguished from the latter species by its petals connate at the base, smaller leaves, fewer bracteoles / sepals (6–8 vs. 9–10), and glabrous young branchlets (vs. puberulent).</p><p>Distribution and ecology.</p><p>Presently, the new species is only known from its type locality, Danxiashan Mountain, Guangdong.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Flowering from October to November, fruiting from November to December.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet “ shangshii ” is dedicated in honor of Dr. Shangshi Wu (1904–1947), whose seminal work on the danxia landscape established its theoretical framework.</p><p>Conservation status.</p><p>The new species is currently known only from Danxiashan Mountain, and most individuals are located within the Danxiashan Natural Reserve, where they are well protected. According to the Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, v. 16 (IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee 2024), we suggest classifying C. shangshii as Least Concern (LC).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Shrubs or small trees, 1–3 m tall; branchlets relatively slender, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous; blade oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 × 0.8–1.9 cm; apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate; base broadly cuneate to nearly rounded; adaxial surface dark green and glossy; abaxial surface light green, both surfaces glabrous; midrib inconspicuous on both surfaces; margin sharply serrate, teeth 1.5–3 mm apart, each with a black glandular tip; petiole 3–7 mm, glabrous. Flowers terminal, white, 1.5–2 cm in diameter; pedicel very short. Bracts 6–8, semicircular to suborbicular, outermost 1.5–2 mm, innermost 8–9 mm, coriaceous, glabrous. Petals 5–6, obovate, 0.7–1.1 × 0.3–0.5 cm, apex emarginate, base connate with stamens for 2–4 mm. Stamens 7–8 mm long, basally connate, glabrous; anthers basifixed. Ovary with transparent, long-coarse hairs. Style 1–2 mm long, glabrous, apex deeply 3 - lobed. Capsule subglobose, 1.5–1.7 cm in diameter, 1–3 - loculed; pericarp 1–2 mm thick.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/660D718166C659E9B9359CCD88209BF1	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	Wang, Shiyang;Liu, Hua;Tan, Shimin;Shen, Liran;Chen, Zaixiong;Chen, Fang;Fan, Qiang	Wang, Shiyang, Liu, Hua, Tan, Shimin, Shen, Liran, Chen, Zaixiong, Chen, Fang, Fan, Qiang (2026): Camellia shangshii (Theaceae), a new species endemic to danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China. PhytoKeys 270: 13-23, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.270.172597
