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The genus Camellia is in the family Theaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Camellia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Camellia achrysantha Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia acutiserrata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia acutissima H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia albogigas Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia amplexicaulis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia amplexifolia Merr. & Chun	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia angustifolia H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia anlungensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia arborescens H.T.Chang, F.L.Yu & P.S.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia assimilis Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia assimiloides Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia atrothea H.T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia aurea H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia azalea C.F.Wei	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia bolovenensis (Gagnep.) H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia brachyandra H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia brachygyna Hung T. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Camellia brevissima H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia brevistyla (Hayata) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia buxifolia H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia callidonta H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia campanisepala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia candida H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia caudata Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia changningensis F.C.Zhang, W.R.Ding & Y.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia chrysanthoides H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia chungkingensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia compressa X.K. Wen	Accepted		TRO
Camellia confusa Craib	Accepted		TRO
Camellia connata (Craib) Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia corallina (Gagnep.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cordifolia (Metcalf) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia costata S.Y.Hu & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia costei H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crapnelliana Tutcher	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crassicolumna H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crassipes Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crassipetala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crassiphylla Ninh & Hakoda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cratera H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia crispula H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cucphuongensis Ninh & Rosmann	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cupiformis T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) Bean	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia cylindracea T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia danzaiensis H.T.Chang & K.M.Lan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia dongnaicensis Orel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia dormoyana (Pierre) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia dubia Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia edentata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia edithae Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia elongata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia euonymifolia (Hu) Tuyama	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia euphlebia Merr. ex Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia euryoides Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia fangchengensis S.Ye Liang & Y.C. Zhong	Accepted		TRO
Camellia fangchensis S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Zhong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia fascicularis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia fengchengensis Liang & Zhong	Accepted		TRO
Camellia flava (Pit.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia flavida H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia fleuryi (A.Chev.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia fluviatilis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia formosensis (Masam. & Suzuki) M.H. Su, C.F. Hsieh & C.H. Tsou	Accepted		TRO
Camellia forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia fraterna Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia furfuracea (Merr.) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gauchowensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gaudichaudii (Gagnep.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gigantocarpa S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gilbertii (A.Chev.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia glaberrima H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia glabricostata T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gracilipes Merr. ex Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia grandibracteata H.T.Chang & al.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia grandis (C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo) H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia granthamiana Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia grijsii Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia gymnogyna H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia handelii Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia hekouensis C.J.Wang & G.S.Fan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia hiemalis Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia hongkongensis Seem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia huana T.L.Ming & W.J.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia hupehensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia ilicifolia Y.K.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia impressinervis H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia indochinensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia integerrima H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia × intermedia (Tuyama) Nagam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia irrawadiensis (Hu) P.K.Barua	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia japonica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia jingyunshanica Hung T. Chang & J.H. Xiong	Accepted		TRO
Camellia jinyunshanica H.T.Chang & J.H.Xiong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia jiuyishanica H.T.Chang & L.L.Qi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia kissi Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia krempfii (Gagnep.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia kucha Hung T. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Camellia kwangsiensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia kwangtungensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lanceisepala L.K.Ling	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lanceolata (Blume) Seem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lancicalyx H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lancilimba H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia langbianensis (Gagnep.) P.H.Hô	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia laotica (Gagnep.) T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lawii Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia leptophylla S.Yun Liang ex H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia leyensis H.T.Chang & Y.Z.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia liberistyla H.T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia liberistyloides H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia liberofilamenta Hung T.Chang & C.H.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia limonia C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lipingensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia litchi H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longicalyx H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longicarpa H.T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longicuspis S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longipedicellata (Hu) H.T.Chang & D.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longissima H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longlingensis F.C.Zhang, G.B.Chen & M.D.Tang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia longzhouensis J.Y.Luo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lungyaiensis (Hu) Tuyama	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lutchuensis T.Itô	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia luteoflora Y.K.Li ex H.T.Chang & F.A.Zeng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia lutescens Dyer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia macrosepala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia mairei (H.Lév.) Melch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia makuanica H.T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia × maliflora Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia maoniushanensis J.L.Liu & Q.Luo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia megasepala Hung T.Chang & Trin Ninh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia melliana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia membranacea H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia micrantha S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Zhong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia microcarpa S.L.Mo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia mileensis T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia mollis H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia montana (Blanco) H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia multibracteata H.T.Chang & Z.Q.Mo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia multisepala H.T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia murauchii Ninh & Hakoda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia nanchuanica H.T.Chang & J.H.Xiong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia nematodea (Gagnep.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia nervosa (Gagnep.) H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia nitidissima C.W.Chi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia oblata H.T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia obovatifolia H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia obtusifolia H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia oleifera Abel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pachyandra Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parafurfuracea S.Yun Liang ex H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvicaudata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvicuspidata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parviflora Merr. & Chun ex Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvilapidea H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvilimba Merr. & F.P.Metcalf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvimuricata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvipetala J.Y.Liang & Z.M.Su	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvisepala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia parvisepaloides H.T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia paucipunctata (Merr. & Chun) Chun	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pentastyla H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia percuspidata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia petelotii (Merr.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia phaeoclada H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia philippinensis H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pilosperma S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pingguoensis D.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia piquetiana (Pierre) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia pleurocarpa (Gagnep.) Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia polyneura H.T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia polyodonta F.C.How ex Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia polypetala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia ptilophylla H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pubescens C.C.Chang & C.X.Ye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pubicosta Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pubifurfuracea Y.C.Zhong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia pubipetala Y.Wan & S.Z.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia punctata (Kochs) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia puniceiflora H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia purpurea H.T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia quinquebracteata H.T.Chang & C.X.Ye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia quinquelocularis H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia quinqueloculosa S.L.Mo & Y.C.Zhong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia renshanxiangiae C.X.Ye & X.Q.Zheng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia reticulata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rhytidocarpa H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rhytidophylla Y.K.Li & M.Z.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rosiflora Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rosmannii Ninh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rosthorniana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rotundata H.T.Chang, Y.J.Tan & P.S.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rubituberculata H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rubriflora Ninh & Hakoda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia rusticana Honda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia salicifolia Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia saluenensis Stapf ex Bean	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia scariosisepala H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia sealyana T.L.Ming	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia semiserrata C.W.Chi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia septempetala H.T.Chang & L.L.Qi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia shensiensis H.T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia siangensis T.K.Paul & M.P.Nayar	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia skogiana C.X.Ye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia speciosa (Pit. ex Diels) Melch.	Accepted		TRO
Camellia stuartiana Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia suaveolens C.X.Ye, X.J.Wang & X.G.Shi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia subacutissima H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia subglabra H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia subintegra P.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia synaptica Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia szechuanensis C.W.Chi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia szemaoensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tachangensis F.S.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia taheishanensis F.S.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia taliensis (W.W.Sm.) Melch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tenii Sealy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia terminalis J.Y.Liang & Z.M.Su	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia thailandica H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tonkinensis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO
Camellia transarisanensis (Hayata) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia transnokoensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia triantha H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia trichoclada (Rehder) S.S.Chien	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia trigonocarpa H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia truncata H.T.Chang & C.S.Ye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tsaii Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tsingpienensis Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tsofui S.S.Chien	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tuberculata S.S.Chien	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia tubiformis H.T.Chang & S.X.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia uraku Kitam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia vidalii Rosmann	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia vietnamensis T.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia villicarpa S.S.Chien	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia viridicalyx H.T.Chang & S.Y.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia wardii Kobuski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia wenshanensis Hu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia xanthochroma K.M.Feng & L.S.Xie	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia yungkiangensis H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia yunkiangica H.T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Camellia yunnanensis (Pit. ex Diels) Cohen-Stuart	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 464 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Camellia. Of these 248 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 137 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Camellia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 464 species names for the genus Camellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	248	53.4%
◕	Synonym	160	34.5%
◕	Unplaced	13	2.8%
◕	Unassessed	43	9.3%

All names

The status of the 601 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Camellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	296	49.3%
◕	Synonym	245	40.8%
◕	Unplaced	13	2.2%
◕	Unassessed	47	7.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 464 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Camellia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	242	157	0	0	399	86.0%
	Low confidence	6	3	13	43	65	14.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Camellia, are as follows: