3. Thea forrestii Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 284. (1912) ≡ Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart

Lectotype.

(designated here; first-step designated by Sealy 1958: 54): China. Yunnan: South end of Tsu-hsiong-fu (Chuxiong) Valley, 7000-8000 ft alt., February 1903, G. Forrest 314 (E00284407!; its image is available at http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00284407).

Notes.

Diels (1912) cited a single gathering, G. Forrest 314, as the type of T. forrestii in the protologue. Cohen-Stuart (1916) transferred this species into Camellia without any comment on the type. However, three duplicates of G. Forrest 314 were found at E (E00284407), K (K000380522) and P (P04511547), so they are syntypes of T. forrestii (Art. 40 Note 1 of the ICN). When Sealy (1958: 54) indicated " Forrest 314 (E, K; type of C. forrestii)", such citation may act as the first-step lectotypification under Art 9.17 of the ICN. It is further narrowed to a single specimen at E (E00284407) here as the second-step lectotype of T. forrestii .