金花茶拉丁名要更改

<正> 在中山大学学报(自然科学版)第30卷第3期(1991)上,张宏达教授和叶创兴先生发表了一篇研究报告,报道他们在研究山茶属(Camellia)植物当中,发现金花茶原植物早在四十年代已为戚经文先生定为新种,命名为Camellia nitidissima Chi,发表在国立中山大学理学院植物研究所专刊(Sunyatsonia)第了卷第1—2期上,19—20页,图版5。根据国际植物命名法规关于优先律的条款,对1965年胡先骗教授命名为 Theopsis chrysantha

THE LATIN NAME OF GOLDEN CAMELLIA SHOULD BE CHANGED

A report written by professor Chang, Hong Ta and Dr. Ye, Chuang Xing, from the project support by WWF, which named "A revision ot the species Camellia chry-santha (Hu) Tuyama" published at Vol. 30, No. 3 of Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni.The report indicates that the specimens C.L. Tso 23483 (type of Camellia nitidissima Chi, type IBSC, isotypes 2 IBK) and the specimen X. F. Wu and F. S. Huang 17530 (type of Theopsis chrysantha Hu, GXMI) were collected from the conspecific plants. Acording to the priority rule of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the names both Theopsis chrysantha Hu and Camellia chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama are invalid. They want to be treated as synonyms of Camellia nitidissima Chi.After the reading for the report, we have had to compare the hundred sheets of so-called Camellia chrysantha. with the 2 specimens of C. L. Tso 23483, conserved in our herbarium, isotypes of Camellia nitidissima Chi. Although there are no flower attached to the isotypes of Camellia nitidissima Chi, we still agree with the conclusion made by professor Chang and Dr. Ye at the report. The Latin name of golden camellia should be changed from Camellia chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama to Camellia nitidissima Chi.