Pyrenaria buisanensis (Sasaki) C. F. Hsieh, S. Z. Yang & M.H. Su 2004

This is an endemic species of the family Theaceae in Taiwan. It was first named Camellia buisanensis Sasaki 1931 by Japanese taxonomist S. Sasaki based on two specimens collected from Mt. Wuwei in Pingtung County. After that, there were no further records and it became considered an extinct species. However, at the end of 2003, camellia branches collected from a mountain ridge were sent to Dr. Seng-ZehnYang of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and to Dr. Chang-Fu Hsieh of National Taiwan University. They both identified them as C. buisanensis in 2004. In that same year, Mong-Huai Su, Chang-Fu Hsieh and Seng-Zehn Yang transferred this species to the genus Pyrenaria, according to morphological characters, molecular research, and the results of several field studies. The formal scientific name is now Pyrenaria buisanensis. This museum had ever held a conservation exhibition on this species.