Camellia crapnelliana Tutcher (1905:63)
Crapnell's camellia, Hongpi Caoguo Cha
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Thea crapnelliana (Tutcher) Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 238 (1924); Camellia gigantocarpa S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 133 (1965); Camellia octopetala Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 134 (1965); Camellia latilimba Hu in Icon. Cormophyt. Sin. 2: 854 (1972); Camellia multibracteata Hung T.Chang & Z.Q.Mo in Guihaia 9: 323 (1989)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1903 or later (Lucas & Synge, 1978:515)
Rediscovered in: 1965 (Lucas & Synge, 1978:515)
Distribution
China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Tutcher, W. J. (1905). Descriptions of some New Species, and Notes on other Chinese Plants. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 63-64.
Other references:
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Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. (1992). China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Beijing: Science Press.
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp. [pp. 515-516]
National Environment Protection Bureau. (1987). The list of rare and endangered plants protected in China. Botanical Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy Press, Beijing.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
Rivers, M. C. (2018). Camellia crapnelliana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T30407A2793315. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T30407A2793315.en. Accessed on 18 March 2025.
Sealy, J. R. (1958). A revision of the genus Camellia. Royal Horticultural Society, London. [pp. 153-154, fig. 70]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1998). Camellia crapnelliana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T30407A9545190. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30407A9545190.en. Accessed on 19 March 2025.
Wu, Z., Raven, P. H. and Hong, D. (eds.). (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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