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Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze

This species name was first published in Um die Erde : 500 (1881)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000582676.

Synonyms of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Theaphylla anamensis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 139 (1838) wfo-0000459466
Theaphylla viridis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 139 (1838) wfo-0000459471
Theaphylla laxa Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 139 (1838) wfo-0000459473
Thea latifolia Lodd. ex Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 3: 91 (1839) wfo-0000459523
Thea sinensis L. Sp. Pl. : 515 (1753) wfo-0000459564
Thea stricta Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 7: t. 27 (1821) wfo-0000459565
Thea viridis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 735 (1762) wfo-0000459572
Camellia arborescens Chang, F.L.Yu & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 18 (1983) wfo-0000582234
Camellia bohea (L.) Sweet Hort. Suburb. Lond. : 157 (1818) wfo-0000582250
Camellia chinensis (Sims) Kuntze Um die Erde : 500 (1881) wfo-0000582278
Camellia longlingensis F.C.Zhang, G.B.Chen & M.D.Tang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 33 (1990) wfo-0000582487
Camellia oleosa (Lour.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 18: 223 (1937) wfo-0000582554
Camellia sinensis f. macrophylla (Siebold ex Miq.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 59 1950 wfo-0000582681
Camellia sinensis f. rosea (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 58 1950 wfo-0000582682
Camellia sinensis var. waldenae (S.Y.Hu) Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia : 122 (1981) wfo-0000582683
Camellia thea Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 73. 1822 [Jan-Jun 1822] wfo-0000582713
Camellia theifera var. macrophylla (Siebold ex Miq.) Matsum. Fig. Descr. Pl. Koishikawa Bot. Gard. 2: t. 28 1883 wfo-0000582715
Camellia waldenae S.Y.Hu Wild Fl. Hong Kong : 61 (1977) wfo-0000582752
Camellia sinensis f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia 116 1958 wfo-0000742820
Camellia viridis Sweet Hort. Suburb. Lond. : 157 (1818) wfo-0000745703
Thea formosensis Masam. & Suzuki Taiwan Zyumoku Benran : 262 (1937) wfo-0000745967
Camellia formosensis (Masam. & Suzuki) M.H.Su, C.F.Hsieh & C.H.Tsou Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 50: 481 (2009) wfo-0000746200
Thea bohea var. stricta Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 231 (1789) wfo-0000747313
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis wfo-0001142221
Thea parvifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 370 (1796) wfo-0001220169
Thea oleosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 339 (1790) wfo-0001228346
Thea bohea L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 743 (1762) wfo-0001240003
Thea cantoniensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 339 (1790) wfo-0001240005
Thea chinensis Sims Bot. Mag. 25: t. 998 (1807) wfo-0001240006
Camellia arborescens Hung T.Chang & F.L.Yu Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 29(2): 86 1990 wfo-0001247118
Thea grandifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 370 (1796) wfo-0001281907
Thea olearia Lour. ex Gomes Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes , n.s., 4(1): 29 (1868) wfo-0001281908
Thea sinensis var. macrophylla Siebold wfo-0001281909
Thea sinensis var. parvifolia Miq. wfo-0001281910
Theaphylla cantoniensis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 139 (1838) wfo-0001281911
Camellia thea var. viridis (L.) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. , n.s., 32: 72 (1907) wfo-0001381683
Camellia thea var. bohea (L.) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. , n.s., 32: 75 (1907) wfo-0001381684
Camellia thea var. stricta (Hayne) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. , n.s., 32: 77 (1907) wfo-0001381685

Varieties in sinensis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link