Six new synonyms of Camellia furfuracea (Theaceae)

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Taxonomic revision of Camellia (Theaceae) in Thailand

“… confusa by Keng in 1970. Zhao (2021) recognized six heterotypic synonyms of C. furfuracea and referenced specimens from Thailand (listed above), which made the species a new record to the country. Camellia furfuracea widely occurs in subtropical and tropical China and Indochina.…”

“… Camellia tenii bears a smaller leaf (2.5–4.2 × 1.2–2.3 cm), villous ovary and pubescent seeds, whereas C. suddeeana has a larger leaf (3.5–14 × 1.3–5.5 cm), glabrous ovary and seeds (Fig. 9 ; Zhao 2023 ). The former is native to Yunnan, China and absent in Thailand but was included in Keng’s (1972) “Flora of Thailand”.…”

“…Chang (1998) counted about 280 species in the genus but Ming (2000) revised the number of species into 119. Since 2000, more than 100 species have been described in Camellia (e.g., Orel and Curry 2015 , 2019 ; Liu et al 2020 ; Ye et al 2022 ; Zhao 2023 ). However, previous monographers of Camellia , such as Sealy (1958) , Chang (1981 , 1998 ) and Ming (2000) , generally focused on the species distributed in China but hardly examined the collections at local herbaria in Indochina ( Zhao 2022a ).…”

“…and C. tenii Sealy, in “Flora of Thailand”. Later, Ming (2000) and Zhao (2021) added C. kissi Wall. and C. furfuracea (Merr.)…”

“…Cohen-Stuart to the Thai flora, respectively. Zhao (2023) described a new species, C. suddeeana D.Wei Zhao from Thailand. However, Thailand is a botanically under-collected country ( Parnell et al 2003 ).…”