通过对模式标本的考订,指出大苞茶的原始描述中关于子房特征的部分与模式标本的实际性状不符,对其形态特征进行了修订。基于修订后的形态特征,该“绝迹”物种在模式产地的周边地区被重新发现。
Camellia grandibracteata, a species extirpated about ten years, was rediscovered around its type locality. The description 'ovariis 5-1ocularibus glabris' in the protologue does not match the type specimens which show that its ovary is 3-5-1oculed and puberulent in different degree. A morphological amendment was presented here.