Camellia
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 Christmas Camellia (Camellia sasanqua) is a popular plant with many uses | ||||||||||||||
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About 100–250, see text | ||||||||||||||
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Thea |
Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are native to eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number. The genus was named by Linnaeus after the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel from Brno, who worked on the Philippines. This genus is famous throughout East Asia; camellias are known as cháhuā (茶花) in Chinese, and as tsubaki (椿) in Japanese.
The most famous member – though often not recognized as a camellia – is certainly the tea plant (C. sinensis). Among the ornamental species, the Japanese Camellia (C. japonica) is perhaps the most widely-known, though most camellias grown for their flowers are cultivars or hybrids.
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Camellia (Chinese: 茶花; pinyin: Cháhuā) (Japanese: 椿 Tsubaki) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia from the Himalaya ...
Camellia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Camellia: Plant Genus. All aspects of culture, research, documentation. ... The ICS is a non-profit organization devoted to the genus Camellia, founded April 1962.
Camellia Homepage - The International Camellia Society
Camellia sinensis is the tea plant, the plant species whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia (Chinese: 茶花; pinyin:
Camellia sinensis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Devoted to growing and propagating Camellias of all types; located at Massee Lane Gardens, host to the Festival of Camellias held each February.
American Camellia Society
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