Camellia oleifera C. Abel GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Camellia

Subgenus:

Camellia

Section:

Oleifera

Family:

Theaceae

Tribe:

Theeae

Nomen number:

8721

Place of publication:

Narr. Journey China 174. 1818

Verified:

04/21/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)

Camellia oleifera C. Abel var. oleifera

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Thea oleifera (C. Abel) Rehder & E. H. Wilson

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Reference(s)

Chen, Y. et al. 2015. Identification of Rubisco rbcL and rbcS in Camellia oleifera and their potential as molecular markers for selection of high tea oil cultivars. Front. Plant Sci. 6:189.
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Mondal, T. K. 2011. Chapter 2. Camellia. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops 15-39.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand. Note: = Camellia oleifera var. confusa
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

English
tea-oil-plant –
German
Öltee –
Öl-Teestrauch –
Japanese Rōmaji
abura-tsubaki –
Transcribed Chinese
you cha –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng	s.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos		n.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar		n.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		n.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China
6	Other					exact native range obscure

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Human food	oil/fat	Mondal, T. K. 2011. Chapter 2. Camellia. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops 15-39.
Materials	lipids	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Materials	lipids	Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Materials	lipids	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2