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Taxon:  Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis



Summary
Genus:
Camellia
Subgenus:
Thea
Section:
Thea
Family:
Theaceae
Tribe:
Theeae
Nomen number:
400347
Verified:
12/12/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (J. W. Mast.) Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. dehungensis (H. T. Chang & B. H. Chen) T. L. Ming (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. pubilimba Hung T. Chang (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Thea sinensis L.

Autonym(s)
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze f. sinensis

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Thea sinensis L. var. sinensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia arborescens Hung T. Chang et al.
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) W. Wight nothosubsp. lasiocalyx (Planch. ex G. Watt) W. Wight
Camellia oleosa (Lour.) Rehder
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy
Camellia thea Link
Camellia thea Link var. lasiocalyx Planch. ex G. Watt
Camellia thea Link var. thea
Thea oleosa Lour.
Thea sinensis L. var. parvifolia Miq.
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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  7. Kaundun, S. S. et al. 2000. Evaluation of the genetic diversity among elite tea (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis) accessions using RAPD markers. Euphytica 115:7-16. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  12. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  13. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  14. Wei, C. et al. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 115(18):E4151-E4158.
  15. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:72.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  17. Yang, H. et al. 2016. Genetic divergence between Camellia sinensis and its wild relatives revealed via genome-wide SNPs from RAD sequencing. PLoS One 11(3): e0151424. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151424.
Common names
English
China tea –
Japanese Rōmaji
cha –
chano-ki –
Transcribed Chinese
cha –
Transcribed Korean
chanamu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqus.e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu (s.e.), Yunnan Sheng (s.), Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage basemainly processed as green teaWestphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:72.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400347. Accessed 6 May 2025.