''Camellia langbianenesis'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

belonging to the family Theaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to southern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. ''Camellia langbianensis'' is small tree growing up to 5 meters tall. It is known from a single specimen collected near Dankia Lake on the Đà Lạt (Lang Biang) Plateau in southeastern Vietnam, between 1,200 and 1,300 meters elevation. It grows as an understory tree in

montane rainforest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...

, and can tolerate light and relatively poor soil. The species was first described as ''Dankia langbianensis'' by François Gagnepain in 1939, as the sole species in genus ''Dankia''. In 1991 P. H. Hô reclassified it into genus ''

Camellia ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy ...

''. There is no recent collection or record of this species in the wild. Its current population is unknown.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1= Q15390464, from2=Q40019237 langbianensis Endemic flora of Vietnam Plants described in 1939 Taxa named by François Gagnepain