Chang (1981a, b, 1984, 1996, 1998)
l ser. Gymnogynae: C. costata, C. dehungensis, C. gymnogyna, C. jingyunshanica, C. leptophylla, C. parvisepaloides, C. yungkiangensis;
l ser. Pentastylae: C. atrothea, C. crassicolumna, C. crispula, C. irrawadiensis, C. makuanica, C. pentastyla, C. rotundata, C. taliensis;
l ser. Quinquelocularis: C. grandibracteata, C. kwangnanica, C. kwangsiensis, C. nanchuanica, C. remotiserrata, C. tachangensis;
l ser. Sinenses: C. angustifolia, C. arborescens, C. assamica, C. assamica var. kucha, C. assamica var. polyneura, C. fangchengensis, C. multisepala, C. parvisepala, C. ptilophylla, C. pubescens, C. pubicosta, C. purpurea, C. sinensis, C. sinensis var. pubilimba, C. sinensis var. waldenae
Ming (1992, 2000), Ming and Bartholomew (2007)
C. costata, C. crassicolumna, C. crassicolumna var. multiplex, C. fangchengensis, C. grandibracteata, C. gymnogyna, C. kwangsiensis, C. kwangsiensis var. kwangnanica, C. leptophylla, C. ptilophylla, C. sealyana, C. sinensis, C. sinensis var. assamica, C. sinensis var. dehungensis, C. sinensis var. pubilimba, C. tachangensis, C. tachangensis var. remotiserrata, C. taliensis
Chen et al. (2000)
C. crassicolumna, C. gymnogyna, C. sinensis, C. sinensis var. assamica, C. sinensis var. pubilimba, C. tachangensis, C. Taliensis
Zhao (2024)
C. costata, C. crispula, C. crispula var. multiplex, C. fangchengensis, C. gymnogyna, C. kwangsiensis, C. kwangsiensis var. kwangnanica, C. leptophylla, C. longissima, C. ptilophylla, C. sinensis, C. sinensis f. formosensis, C. sinensis var. assamica, C. sinensis var. dehungensis, C. sinensis var. pubilimba, C. tachangensis, C. tachangensis var. remotiserrata, and C. taliensis
While Camellia flosculora, C. grandibracteata, C. pubicosta, and C. sealyana are excluded from sect. Thea
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