1 A TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA THE^EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE JOORNAl. OF SUN YATSg^ UNI V LliSlT^N 1 9 8 1 1 A TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA m ( 1 ) 1 ) 4 ) 6 ) 11 ) 12 ) I 0, Subgen. Prctocamellia Chang ( 1 5 ) 1. Sect. Archecamellia Sealy emend. Chang ( 15 ) 2. Sect. Stereocarpus (Pierre) Sealy ( 16 ) 3. Sect. Piquetia (Pierre) Sealy (21) I Sub en. Camellia (21) 4. Sect. Oleifera Chan- ( 22 ) 5. Ill S32t. Furfuracea Chang ••••• (25) 6. Sect. Paracamellia Sealy ( 32 ) 7. Sect. Pseudocamellia Sealy ( 43 ) 8. Sect. Tuberculata Chang ( 47 ) 9. Sect. Camellia (52) IL Thea (L.) Chang ( 86 ) 10. Sect. Corallina Sealy ( 86 ) 11. Sect, Brachyandra Chang ( 92 ) 12. Sjct. Lon^ipetiolata Chang ( 98 ) 13. Sect. Chrysantha Chang (101) 14. Sect. Calpandria (Bl.) Coh. St. (107) 15. Ji Sect. Thoa (L.) Dyer (108) 16. Sect. Longissima Chang (124) 17. Sect. Glaberrima Chang (125) IV Suh';en. Metacamellia Chang (128) 18. i^i:^ I S3ct. Theopsis Coh. St. (128) 19. —11 : :iL Sect. Camel]>olpiJ^''|:pierre) Sj^rJy (169) • -. •• ^, /• > • g CamW/z'a 190 3 £wr2/fl(140 Terns em/fl(130 A?/rwm/ro(100 1. 2. 3. 4. 20 40 1 50 100 C 2 196 4 19 90% 20 19 2 3 20 1 30 MeW^'or , 5 Ci Sea/z/ 2 82 12 20 I Subgen. Protocameliia Chang 1, Sect, Archecamellia Sealy , emend. Chang, C. granthamiana Sealy 3 2, Sect, Ster eo car pus^j^^ifeci^ Sealy, C. dormoyana (Pierre) /S> '* A 1 Melchior in Eiigler, Na/ ^flanz^fcf am/ 'ikif 1. 2,21:128-33, 1925. 2 Sealy, J. R.:A Revlsioj of -ijie ^eku? Ca4ellia 1958. 1 P 1 S0003460 ZZb^ i) Sealy 5 3 Sect. Piquetia (Pierre) Sealy, C. p:'2u<^n'a"a 1 H. Subgeii. Camellia 4. ' S?ct. Oleifera Chang, C. okifera Absi 4 5. Sect. Furfuracea Chang, C. /"rf"777<:fo (Merr.) Cohen Stuart 8 6. Sect. Paracameiiia Sealy, C. kissi Wall. 14 7. Sect. Pseudocamellia Sealy, C. szech ensis Chi 5 8. Sect. Tuberculata Chang, IVX. tuberculata Chien 6 9. Sect. Cameiiia, C.reticvhta Lindl.;^ C.japonica Linn.j/^jj 33 I. Thea(L.) Chang 10. Sect. Corallina Sealy, V C. co:aUir'a Sealy 12 11. Sect.Brachyandra Chang, \^C. hachyancha Chang 11 12. Sect- Longipetioiata Chang, l^j. C. Io7igipeliolaia (Hu) Chang et Fang 4 13. Sect. Chryiantha Cnar—g C".c/ir?/sG7z,v2 Tuyama 10 14. Sect. Calpandria (B!.) Coli. St. C. /^rwcfo/o/^: (Bl.) Seem. 2 15. Sect. Thea (L.)Dyer C.shensh (L.). Ktze. 17 16. -Sect -Ongissima Cliang C. Chang et Liang .2 17. 5^ Sect. Giaberrima Chang, V C. glaberrima Chang 2 IV. yetacamBflia Chang 18. Sect. Theopsis Coh.St. C. a<siii"ia Wrigiit 43 19. ^ Sect. Camelliopsis Sealy, C. caudaia Wall. 14 Protoc Ilia 3 5 ^ I 2 r//ea - ' i\ & cmen/o : T/^ea — 5 1 2 3 1 1 19 3 dimzTn ZZfa Stereocarpus Piquetia Camellia 7"&70//0/^7|}^: F"rfwrccea GZeffer« i^aracame/Zfc ' ^ Corfl/Zfrza Brfldi^/cnJro C/?rysa72?/w : t i:onsz>eZ/o/<2Zc rAe<2 2 Ior2£fz's- «'mfl 2 Glciba'rima Calt>andria 2 r/ieos/s Z Camd;/opsz's 3 1. 2 3. 4. 5 5 3 5. 1 5 5 C. yz^nanens/s 5 3 r/zea 1 ) 3 4 5 ff] Kaempfer Blume, Rafinesque, Nees Hallier Nakai C. granthamiana Sealy C.alhogigas Hu C. pleurocarpa Sealy, C. krempfii Sealy 15 C. WTHZfl/ZeTZSZ'S Coh. St. ^/^^0027"^)0 5 200 2 ) 19 1 2 ) 8 7 7 9 2 ) 19 6 5 4 8 6 90% 33 4 2 1 19 IJ Protccamellia Archecamellia 3 2, 1 Stereocarpus 5 3 2 15 Piquetia 1 Camellia 4 3 2 1 Furf uracea 8 6 3 Paracamellia 14 8 5 4 Pseudocamellia 3 2 3 2 Tuberculata 6 3 2 2 Camellia 33 11 13 8 6 Thea Corallina 12 3 3 3 2 Brachyandra 11 6 3 , 3 Longipetiolata 4 3 , 2 rrn t3 Chrysantha 10 5 4 M, im Thea 2 1 1 Calpandria Thea 17 14, 10 2 1 , 1 Longissima Glaberrima 2 1 1 43 15 14 10 10 Theopsis Metacamellia Camelliopsi S 14 9 5 2 66 22 13 3 2 55 30 13 4 50 20 10 4 29 9 10 4 5 25 4 8 3 6 23 7 5 3 7 23 2 8 3 8 13 2 4 3 9 12 5 3 10 8 3 4 3 11 9 4 3 12 6 4 3 13 1 3 14 4 4 3 9 15 2 2 2 16 2 2 2 17 23 16 13 4 18 8 4 3 19 6 3 4 2 20 5 2 4 2 21 5 4 3 22 3 2 2 23 2 2 2 24 2 2 2 25 2 2 2 26 27 28 29 1 1 8 2 10 ' ' - ' 3 24°, 10 s Ternslroemioxylon ft C. sinensis (L.) 0. ktze. var. assamica (Ma.st ,) kitamura 17 1 C.p«z7oi^%Z/fl Chang, 2700 600 — 300 "" "" J.Hutchinson) Fam. F1. PI. ed. 3, 1973), " " 15 40 20 70 Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Mast.) Kitamura C.«'rze7m's(L.)0.Ktze. C. sinensis var. assamica (Mast.) Kitamurao 1826 Wallich Camellia? scottiana Wall. " " 1844 Masters 77!eflflssflm:'cfl Mast. 1835 G.J. Gordon Dehra Dun Kuniaon 4 C.oZe/ferfl Abel 11 tft'j'HTi^C. gauchowensis Chang, C. vietnamensis Huang C. semfsen77ffl' Chi C, chekiangokosa Hu C.ref/czJofo Lindl. 33 C. crapnelliana Tutch. C. grijsHHance, 200 Xanthin Theeophgllin, Theobroinin Adenin C.yafom'co Thunb. ^^^^C,chrysaniha(Hu)Tuyama CJo"flrze"'oZflf(Hu)Ciiang et Fang © : ^ 1 Camellia Linn. Linn. SP. PI. 2 698 1753; —Thea Linn. SP. PI. 1 515,1753 —Tsvbaki Kaerapfer ex Adanson, Fam. PI. 2:399 1763 Tsia Kaempfer ex Adanson, Fam. PI. 2.459, 613,1,763; Calpandria Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Nederland. Indie, 1 : 178, 1825; Theaphylla Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2:267, 1830; Sasanqua Nees von Esenbeck in Siebold, 2:13 1832; Kemelia Raf in. Sylva Tekkur, 139 1838; Demitus Rafin. /. c. 139, 1838 Drupifera Rafin. I. c. 140, 1838} Piquetia (Pierre) H. Hallier in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 39: 2:162, 1921 in obsj Stereocarpus (Pierre) Hall. I. c. 1921 Camellia strum Naklai in Journ. Jap. Bot. 16 699, 1940; Theopsis (Coh. -St.) Nakai I. c. 704, 1940; Yunnanea Hu in Acta Phytotax. 5:282, 1956, syn. nov. Glypto- carpa Hu I. c. 10 25, 1965 &y". nov. kailosocarpus Hu in Scientia 1957: 170, nom. nud. syn. nov.; parapiquetia Hu l.C. nom. nud. — syn. nov, ^ 2— 8 5 — 6 21 12 5 — 12 2 — 6 2 3 — 5 3 — 5 3 — 5 1 3 — 5^ 200 180 1. 5 5 12 — 18 8 I. Protccamellia Chang 2. 10 — 31 3. 12- -16 2 — 5 ...... ... ( I ) Archecamellia Sealy 3. 6 — 13 3 — 15 ( I ) Stereocarpus Sealjr 2. 29 — 42 •• (Iff) Piquetia Sealjr 1. 3 3 3 .4— 5 4 5 4 5 4 12 4. 10 5— 10 PflrflozmdZffl 2—4 3 4— 5 • I Gamellia 5. 6. 4— 10 1 1.8 3 — 5 1 15 7. 3 — 5 m Oleifera Chang 7. 2 — 3 (V) Furfuracea Chang 6. ^ 2 — 8 1 1—2 (W) Paracamellia Sealy 13 5. 8. 3 -5) 9 (H) Pseudocamellia Sealy 9. (\1 m) Tuberculata Chang 8 3(-5) (I) Camellia 4 2 — 5 3 ( 5) 1 10. 3( — 5) 3( — 5) 3( — 5) I [ Thea Chang 11. 1 12. 13. 1 3 6 — 10 ... (X) Corallina Sealy 13. 3 — 6 1 4 XI) Brachyandra Chang 12. 3 (X]y) Calpandria Coh. St. 11. 6 — 30 1 14. 5 — 11 15. 3 (XI) Chrysantha Chang 15. 3 3 (XI) Longipedicellata Chang 14. 2 16. 17. 5 — 10 (XV) Thea Dyer 17. 3 (X\I) Longissima Chang 16. (XV I) Glaberrima Chang 10. 1 1 2 3(—5) Metacamellia Chang 18. X V M) Theopsis Coh. St. 18. (X K) Camelliopsis Sealy Subgen. I. Protocamellia Chang, Subgen. nov. 18 — 25 5 5 5 5^ Floribus terminalibus solitariis vel rarius racemosis, pedicellis brevi- bus, perianthiis pluribus 18-25, bracteis sepalisque indistinctis valde magnis persistentibus, staminibus multo- seriatis liberis vel rarius con— natis, ovario 5-locularii, stylis liberis 5 vel rarius connatis, capsulis 5-valvatis columnaris. Ty pus: C. granthamiana Sealy 3 9 Sect. I. Archecameilia Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 36 1958, Diagnosis emend. Floribus terminalibus solitariis, bracteis sepalisque tenue coriaceis, 12-16 magnis 2-4 cm longis, ovario 5-locularii , stylis 5 liberis. Typus: C. granthamiana Sealy 12 — 16 2— 4 5 5 3 2 1 16 - -^' ' 1. 2 2. 12 3— 4. 5 6 mm, :5 ••• • .''1' C. granthamiana Sealy 2. '^ 17 2. 5 •"' , " 2, C. albogigas Hu 1. 16 8 2.5 6 3. C.pleurocarpa Sealy 1. Camellia granthamiana Sealy Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 81:182 1956, Rev. Gen. Camellia 165. 1958. Hoh'gkong: 6520; 6562 Kwangtuflg: CFJrGi 1_1 8. Geobot. Lab. Bot. Inst. Austro- Sin. 7933. 10 — 14 ^ 12 5 8 5 — 6 5 5;H ' 2. Camellia albogigas Hu in Acta Phytot'ax. Sin. 10:132. 1965. Kuangtting: 182; S.C. Chun 18405 ( Typus!). C.£frfl"i/zamz'a7zfl Sealy 17 10 5 1 3. Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.)' Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 38.1958. Thea pleurocarpa Gagnep. in Lec. Not. Syst. 10 130. 1942. 11 15 5 — 6. 5 1.5 3. 5 16 5 5 5 Sect. I Stereocarpus (Pitard) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 45.1958, 16 8 — 13 10 — 13 5 5 3 2 Ty pus C.(/ormoi/"( Pierre )Sealy, c/iec + 1 30 12 — 13 1. C. krempfii Sealy 1. 8 — 10 2 11 18 5 2, C. dormoyana Sealy 2 4 9 5 3. 4. 4 7 5 — 8 3. C. yunnafiensis Coh. -St, 4. 6 — 9 1 1.5 4, C. liberistyla Chang 3. 5. C. liberistyloidcs Chang 1. Camellia krempfii (Gagnep.) Sealy in Kew Bull. 1949, 219 Rev. Gen. Camellia, 37.1958. The a krempfii Gagnep. in Lec. Not. Syst. 10:127. 1942. Vietnam: Kecan Tung Huona 170 — 210 4 1965 1 25 Exped. Sinica-Viet- namica) 1790, 30 20 1 1.5 15 10 3.5 S 5 Camellia Camellia 2 Camellia dormoyana (Pierre) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 45.1958. Thea dormoyana Pierre ex Lanessan, PL U t i 1 Colon, Franc. 296.1886 , 17 Stereocarpus dormoyanus (Pierre) H. Hallier in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 39(2):162. 1921, in obs. Vietnam Poilane 19809 21998 20 8 2-4, 5 — 6 12 5 5 3. ( 3 Camellia yunnanensis (Pitard ex Diels) Cohen Stuart in Meded. Rroefst. Thee, 11: 68,1916 et in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, ser. 3,1,240, 1919; Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia 163 1958. The a yunnanensis Pitard ex Diels in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 5: 284, 1912. Pyrenaria camellioides Hu in Bull. Fan Men. Inst. Biol. Bot. ser. 8: 13fe, 1938. Kailosocarpus camellioides Hu in Sientia 1957 170. nom. nud. -syn. nov. Glyptocarpa camellioides Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sinica, 10: 25-26, PI. 3-4, 1965,— syn. nov. Yunnan: G. S. Sin 104; M.Chen 2203; H.C.Wang 4081; Y.Tsiang 11889* r.ri"z<17071; M. Fewp 21614, 22258} i S. iV. L/" 21724; C. W.Wang 72468 (Pyrenaria camellioides Hu ) Szechuan: S. 1C. 64, S. 1^^" 453,587; r.:r.:rzd6ii. 5 — 8 10 10-12, 5 5 5 1 2 :^ 6 — 8 21614 , 72468 11889 4. Camellia liberistyla Chang, sp. nov. Protocamellia Chang, Stereocarpus Sealy Species C. yunnanensem Coh.-St. proxima, sed f oliis lanceolatis 6-9 cm longis, 1,5-2,3 cm latis, apice caudato-acuminatis, o vario glabro, peri - carpio valde tenui 1-1, 5mm crasso dif fert. 18