taxonID	type	description	language	source
A6AACA57E16955359A9E863D5D9D5AFD.taxon	description	Description. Trees or shrubs up to 7 m tall, evergreen. Trunk brownish grey, new branchlets and terminal buds glabrous. Petioles 5 – 15 mm long, glabrous; leaf blades elliptic, obovate to oblong, 10 – 22 × 3 – 8 cm, thinly coriaceous, abaxially yellowish green, adaxially dark green, shiny, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib and secondary veins abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed, secondary veins 10 – 17 on each side of midrib, base cuneate to obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acuminate to caudate. Flowers axillary, fragrant, solitary or up to 3 in a cluster, ca. 3 cm in diam. Pedicels 15 – 25 mm long. Bracteoles 3 – 4, alternate, persistent, deltate to ovate, 1 – 1.5 × 1.5 – 2 mm, glabrous on both surfaces. Sepals 5, deltate to sub-orbicular, 2.5 – 4 × 2 – 3 mm, glabrous on both surfaces, margin membranous and ciliolate. Petals 7 – 9 in 2 whorls, white, ovate, elliptic or obovate, 6 – 12 × 9 – 15 mm, glabrous on both surfaces, basally connate for 1 – 2 mm. Stamens 5 – 11 mm long; filaments light yellow, glabrous, basally connate for ca. 1 mm and outer filaments basally adnate to petals for 1 – 2 mm. Ovary ovoid, densely pubescent. Styles 3, distinct, 6 – 9 mm long, basally sparsely pubescent and gradually becoming glabrous apically. Capsule globose, 3 – 4 cm in diam., 1 - loculed with 1 seed; pericarp 2 – 6 mm thick. Seeds fuscous, globose, 2 – 2.5 cm in diam., glabrous. Fig. 1.	en	Zhao, Dongwei, Zhang, Guiliang, Yang, Shixiong (2025): Phylogenetic position, supplementary description and phytochemical analysis of Camellia hekouensis (Theaceae), a critically endangered tree native to Hekou, Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 256: 185-195, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.256.149481
A6AACA57E16955359A9E863D5D9D5AFD.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat. Camellia hekouensis is native to Hekou, Yunnan, China and occurs in the tropical evergreen forests at elevations of 290 – 800 m.	en	Zhao, Dongwei, Zhang, Guiliang, Yang, Shixiong (2025): Phylogenetic position, supplementary description and phytochemical analysis of Camellia hekouensis (Theaceae), a critically endangered tree native to Hekou, Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 256: 185-195, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.256.149481
