Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Table of Contents - July 2012 - Volume 69, Issue 02  

Articles

CAMELLIA INUSITATA (THEACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FORMING A NEW SECTION (BIDOUPIA) FROM VIETNAM

G. Orela1, P. G. Wilsona1, A. S. Currya2 and Luu Hong Truonga3

a1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. E-mail: george.orel@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au and peter.wilson@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

a2 Technical and Further Education NSW, Richmond College, Locked Bag 7, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia. E-mail: anthony.curry@tafensw.edu.au

a3 Herbarium VNM, Centre for Biodiversity and Development, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. E-mail: hongtruongluu@yahoo.com

Abstract

A new species of Camellia L. (Theaceae) from Vietnam, C. inusitata Orel, Curry & Luu, is described, illustrated and compared with six Camellia species from sections Thea (L.) Dyer, Corallina Sealy and Paracamellia Sealy. Reproductive morphology and molecular evidence supports taxonomic placement in the genus Camellia but the vegetative morphology is so distinct that a new section, Camellia sect. Bidoupia Orel, Curry & Luu, is established.

(Received October 11 2011)

(Accepted February 23 2012)

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