Recently, we accessed The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at https://www.iucnredlist.org on 20-25 April 2025. Totally 154 species in the genus Camellia had been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, in which 1 species (0.6%) are Extinct In The Wild (EW), 23 Species (14.9%) were Cr…[more]
A new species of the genus Camellia (Theaceae), Camellia zijinica, discovered in the Danxia landscape from Guangdong Province, China was published PhytoKeys 237: 245–255 (2024). This species has been recently added to the Database of International Camellia Register. Its young branchlets are gla…[more]
A new species of the genus Camellia (Theaceae), Camellia shuangbaiensis G.P.Yang B.H.Wu, sp. nov., from the central region of Yunnan Province of China was published recently in PhytoKeys 254: 143–149. Camellia shuangbaiensis is morphologically similar to C. mileensis and C. hongkongensis, but …[more]
A checklist of the species of Camellia section Piquetia worldwide From： Roman Vasilyevich Doudkin et al. 2023. An Updated Checklist and Comments for Section Piquetia. DALAT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Volume 13, Issue 2, 2023 93-108(1) C. annamensis (2) C. campanulata (3) C. cattienensis (4) C. …[more]
匹克茶组 Camellia sect. Piquetia (Pierre) Sealy, 1958, Rev. Gen. Camellia: 108. (Sealy, 1958).≡ Thea sect. Piquetia Pierre, 1887, Fl. For. Conchinchine, II. Sub, pl. 119. (Pierre, 1887).= Camellia sect. Lecomtia Orel, 2015, Pursuit of Hidden Camellias Vietnam China: 154. (Orel Curry, 2015). Ty…[more]
Recently, a very good paper was published:江国彬, 李鹤, 杨焱冰, 徐超然, 郭忠选, 邓伦秀. 贵州金花茶（山茶科）分类订正[J]. 植物研究, 2024, 44(6): 901-913. (Guobin JIANG, He LI, Yanbing YANG, Chaoran XU, Zhongxuan GUO, Lunxiu DENG. Taxonomic Notes onCamellia huana (Theaceae)[J]. Bulletin of Botanical Re…[more]
Description of Camellia sect. Thea: Shrubs or trees, evergreen; trunk smooth, yellowish or brownish gray; leaves alternate, petiolate, coriaceous, margin serrulate; flowers axillary, clearly pedicellate; bracteoles 2–4, caducous; sepals persistent; petals white; stamens numerous, glabrous; styl…[more]
Chang (1981a, b, 1984, 1996, 1998)[more]
Camellia section Calpandria (1859)Camellia sect. Calpandria was established as a distinct section within the genus Camellia in 1859 by Seemann, who reclassified the previously independent genus Calpandria (originally established by Blume in 1825) into thegenus Camellia. This section is characterized …[more]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at 100Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died on Sunday at the age of 100, the Carter Center confirmed."Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia," the cent…[more]
