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M Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Camellia (family Theaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 195 1887.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828548-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Camellia arborescens Hung T. Chang & F.L. Yu Synonym M TRO
Camellia bohea (L.) Sweet Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Camellia chinensis (Sims) Kuntze Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Camellia sinensis f. macrophylla (Siebold ex Miq.) Kitam. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Camellia sinensis f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Camellia sinensis f. rosea (Makino) Kitam. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis Synonym L TRO
Camellia thea Link [Illegitimate] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Camellia theifera var. macrophylla (Siebold ex Miq.) Matsum. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Camellia viridis Sweet Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Thea bohea L. Synonym M TRO
Thea bohea var. stricta Aiton Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Thea cantoniensis Lour. Synonym M TRO
Thea chinensis Sims Synonym M TRO
Thea cochinchinensis Lour. Synonym M TRO
Thea grandifolia Salisb. Synonym M TRO
Thea latifolia Lodd. ex Sweet Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Thea longifolia Nois. ex Steud. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Thea olearia Lour. ex Gomes Synonym M TRO
Thea oleosa Lour. Synonym M TRO
Thea parvifolia Salisb. Synonym M TRO
Thea sinensis L. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Thea sinensis var. macrophylla Siebold Synonym L TRO
Thea sinensis var. parvifolia Miq. Synonym L TRO
Thea stricta Hayne Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Thea viridis L. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Theaphylla anamensis Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Theaphylla cantonensis (Lour.) Raf. Synonym M TRO
Theaphylla laxa Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Theaphylla oleifera Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Theaphylla viridis Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Synonyms
Camellia sinensis var. assamica (J.W.Mast.) Kitam. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 10
Camellia sinensis subsp. buisanensis (Sasaki) S.Y.Lu & Y.P.Yang Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 1
Camellia sinensis var. dehungensis (H.T.Chang & B.H.Chen) T.L.Ming Accepted L WCSP (in review) 5
Camellia sinensis var. waldenae (S.Y.Hu) H.T.Chang Accepted L WCSP (in review) 1

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2694880.

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