Camellia punctata (Kochs) Cohen Stuart (1916: 66)

Zhang, Ya-Li, Yu, Xiang-Qin, Jiang, Yin-Zi, Wu, Yin & Yang, Shi-Xiong, 2023, Camellia renshanxiangiae, a synonym of C. punctata (Theaceae), Phytotaxa 609 (2), pp. 157-162 : 161

Camellia punctata (Kochs) Cohen Stuart (1916: 66)

≡ Thea punctata Kochs (1900: 584) .

Type:— CHINA. Sichuan [Szechuan]: near Kangding [ Tachienlu ], 9000–13500 ft., December 1890, A.E. Pratt 817 (lectotype designated here: K000380528 !; isolectotypes: BM000611975 !, E00284412 !) , Fig.1A .

= Camellia renshanxiangiae C.X.Ye & X.Q.Zheng (2001: 160) , syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Guangdong: Guangzhou, cultivated in the campus of Sun Yat-sen University , introduced from Yangshan , 10 March 2000, C.X. Ye 5904 (holotype SYS00094790!; isotypes SYS00094786!, SYS00094787!, SYS00094788!, SYS00094789!, PE01598414!), Fig. 1B .

Nomenclatural notes

Kochs (1900) cited a single gathering A.E. Pratt 817 in the protologue of Thea punctata , while, the corresponding herbarium was not specified. Three duplicates of this gathering were found in herbaria BM, E and K. The duplicate at K (000380528) with dissected flowers is in better condition, so it is selected as the lectotype.

Cohen-Stuart (1916) transferred Thea punctata into Camellia on the page 66 in ‘ Mededeelingen van het Proefstation voor Thee ’, while Sealy (1958) misquoted the page number as 68, which was followed by subsequent scholars, such as Chang (1981), Chang & Bartholomew (1984), Chang & Ren (1998), Ming (2000), Ming & Bartholomew (2007).

Additional specimens of C. punctata examined

CHINA. Sichuan: sine loc. S.N. Xu sn (PE00629640); Cangxi, Huangmao, Huangnikan, ca. 710 m, 5 August 1965, Z.Q. Chen 002 (CDBI); Chengdu, Longquan, Changsong Temple, ca. 1100 m, 27 May 1963, X.Q. Li 037 (CDBI); the same locality, ca. 950 m, 28 April 1974, W.G. Hu 108 (SZ); the same locality, ca. 550 m, 15 March 1979, Sichuan vegetation Exp. 8279 (CDBI); Emei, R.K. Zhao 29 (PE); Leshan [Chia-ting], 28 July 1928, 1500 ft., W.P. Fang 2284 (E, K, PE); Wuyou Temple (Wuyussu), 24 July 1938, W.P. Fang 12490 (BM, PE, SZ); the same locality, 3 March 1941, L.Y. Tai 748 (PE); the same locality, 20 March 1941, H.C. Chow 12911 (PE); the same locality, ca. 480 m, 11 November 2005, S.X. Yang 1504, 1505, 1507 (KUN)); the same locality, ca. 335 m, 24 October 2018, Y.L. Zhang, X.P. Li, G. Song et C.H. Li WYS181024-01-1 (CSH); San-e Mount., ca. 1700 m, 10 September 1959, Z.T. Guan 6390 (PE). Guangdong: Guangzhou, cultivated in the campus of Sun Yat-sen University, 29 March 2006, S.X. Yang 2121 (KUN); the same locality, 7 June 2012, S.X. Yang 3820 (KUN).

Figures

FIGURE 1. The lectotype of C. punctata (K000380528) (A) and an isotype of C. renshanxiangiae (PE01598414) (B).