Camellia reticulata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |author2=Beech, E. |author3=Rivers, M.C. |year=2018 |title=Camellia reticulata |volume=2018 |page=e.T32328A62057403 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T32328A62057403.en |access-date=3 November 2022}}

|genus = Camellia

|species = reticulata

|authority = Lindl.

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• Camellia albescens H.T.Chang
• Camellia albosericea H.T.Chang
• Camellia bailinshanica H.T.Chang, H.S.Liu & G.X.Xiang
• Camellia bambusifolia H.T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang
• Camellia borealiyunnanica H.T.Chang
• Camellia brevicolumna H.T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang
• Camellia brevigyna H.T.Chang
• Camellia brevipetiolata H.T.Chang
• Camellia chunii H.T.Chang
• Camellia heterophylla Hu
• Camellia huiliensis H.T.Chang
• Camellia jinshajiangica H.T.Chang & S.L.Lee
• Camellia kangdianica H.T.Chang, H.S.Liu & G.X.Xiang
• Camellia kweichowensis H.T.Chang
• Camellia lanosituba H.T.Chang
• Camellia oligophlebia H.T.Chang
• Camellia paucipetala H.T.Chang
• Camellia pentapetala H.T.Chang
• Camellia pentaphylacoides H.T.Chang
• Camellia pentaphylax H.T.Chang
• Camellia phelloderma H.T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang
• Camellia stichoclada H.T.Chang
• Camellia subliberopetala H.T.Chang
• Camellia xichangensis H.T.Chang
• Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) H.T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.Bartholmew
• Desmitus reticulata (Lindl.) Raf.
• Thea reticulata (Lindl.) Pierre
• Yunnanea xylocarpa Hu

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|synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2694831

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=21 April 2015

|archive-date=1 July 2020

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701101936/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2694831

|url-status=live

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Camellia reticulata (syn. C. heterophylla)[http://www.uniklinik-saarland.de/med_fak/physiol2/camellia/register/species/spec_rs.htm Species R-S] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821182008/http://www.uniklinik-saarland.de/med_fak/physiol2/camellia/register/species/spec_rs.htm |date=2006-08-21 }} is a species of flowering plant in the tea family Theaceae, native to southwestern China, in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.

It is a loosely branched shrub or small tree, which can grow up to {{convert|10|to|15|meters|feet}} in height.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/Camellia/collections.htm |title=The Huntington:The Camellia Garden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224033512/http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/Camellia/collections.htm |archive-date=2014-02-24 |accessdate=2016-09-11 |url-status=dead }} The leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, {{convert|5|-|11|cm|in}} long and {{convert|4|-|5.5|cm|in}} wide. The flowers are {{convert|7|-|10|cm|in}} in diameter, or larger in some cultivars, soft-pink to deep-pink and rarely almost white, with 5–7 petals or more in some cultivars,{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242310199 |title=Flora of China online |accessdate=21 April 2015 |chapter=Camellia reticulata |volume=12 |author=Tianlu Min and Bruce Bartholomew |year=2007 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910124844/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242310199 |url-status=live }} and are produced in sub-terminal or axillary positions on the branch. The fruit is a light brown, three-segmented capsule, about {{convert|5|cm|in}} in diameter that ripens in the fall{{cite web |url=http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/a-fresh-look-at-icamellia-reticulatai/#sthash.wdKcYcTw.dpuf |date=January 2001 |title=A Fresh Look at Camellia reticulata |work=Articles — Pacific Horticulture |publisher=Pacific Horticulture |accessdate=5 April 2016 |archive-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505205802/http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/a-fresh-look-at-icamellia-reticulatai/#sthash.wdKcYcTw.dpuf |url-status=live }} This Camellia is very susceptible to cold weather and has a late blooming season; August through October in the southern hemisphere and March through May in the northern hemisphere.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gardenia.net/plant-variety/Camellias-all-you-need-to-know|title=Gardenia:All you need to know|accessdate=16 June 2017|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928225711/https://www.gardenia.net/plant-variety/camellias-all-you-need-to-know|url-status=live}}