Plant Details

Accepted name:: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis [Theaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze
Infraspecies:: 3

Camellia sinensis var. dehungensis (Hung T.Chang, H.S.Wang & B.H.Chen) T.L.Ming

Camellia sinensis var. pubilimba Hung T.Chang

Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Royle ex Hook.) Steenis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
皋芦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 49 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Camellia bohea (L.) Sweet Hort. Suburb. Lond.: 157 (1818).
Camellia oleosa (Lour.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 18: 223 (1937).
Camellia sinensis f. macrophylla (C.Morren) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 59 (1950).
Camellia arborescens Hung T.Chang, F.L.Yu & P.S.Wang Tea Sci. Res. J. (China) 1983: 18 (1983).
Camellia formosensis (Masam. & S.Suzuki) M.H.Su, C.F.Hsieh & C.H.Tsou Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 50: 481 (2009).
Camellia longlingensis F.C.Zhang, G.B.Chen & M.D.Tang Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 33 (1990).
Camellia sinensis f. formosensis (Masam. & S.Suzuki) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 59 (1950).
Camellia sinensis f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy Rev. Gen. Camellia: 116 (1958).
Camellia sinensis f. rosea (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 58 (1950).
Camellia sinensis var. waldenae (S.Y.Hu) Hung T.Chang Taxonomy of the genus Camellia: 122 (1981).
Camellia thea var. bohea (L.) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 32: 75 (1907).
Camellia thea var. stricta (Hayne) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 32: 77 (1907).
Camellia thea var. viridis (L.) G.Watt J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 32: 72 (1907).
Camellia theifera var. macrophylla (C.Morren) Matsum. Fig. Descr. Pl. Koishikawa Bot. Gard. 2: t. 28 (1883).
Camellia viridis Sweet Hort. Suburb. Lond.: 157 (1818).
Camellia waldenae S.Y.Hu in B.M.Walden & S.Y.Hu, Wild Fl. Hong Kong: 61 (1977).
Thea bohea L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 734 (1762).
Thea bohea var. laxa Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 230 (1789).
Thea bohea var. stricta Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 231 (1789).
Thea cantoniensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 339 (1790).
Thea chinensis Sims Bot. Mag. 25: t. 998 (1807), orth. var.
Thea formosensis Masam. & S.Suzuki Taiwan Zyumoku Benran: 262 (1937).
Thea grandifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 370 (1796).
Thea latifolia Lodd. ex Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 91 (1839).
Thea laxa Staunton Epit. Nat. Hist. Insects China: [s.p.] sub Papilio rhetenor (1798).
Thea longifolia Nois. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 832 (1821), not validly publ.
Thea macrophylla (C.Morren) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 39 (1918).
Thea olearia Lour. ex Gomes Mach. Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 29 (1868).
Thea oleosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 339 (1790).
Thea parvifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 370 (1796).
Thea sasanqua var. oleosa (Lour.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 115-116 (1887).
Thea sinensis var. bohea (L.) K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 69 (1853).
Thea sinensis var. cantoniensis (Lour.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 114 (1887).
Thea sinensis var. diffusa C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 249 (1835).
Thea sinensis var. macrophylla C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 249 (1835).
Thea sinensis var. parvifolia Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 17] (1867).
Thea sinensis var. pubescens Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 114 (1887).
Thea sinensis var. rosea Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 135 (1905).
Thea sinensis var. rugosa C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 249 (1835).
Thea sinensis var. stricta C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 249 (1835).
Thea sinensis var. viridis Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 114 (1887).
Thea stricta Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 7: t. 27 (1821).
Thea viridis L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 735 (1762).
Thea viridis var. bohea (L.) Vent. Tabl. Règn. Vég. 3: 158 (1799).
Thea viridis variegata J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 615 (1861).
Theaphylla anamensis Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 139 (1838).
Theaphylla cantoniensis (Lour.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 139 (1838).
Theaphylla laxa (Aiton) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 139 (1838).
Theaphylla viridis (Sweet) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 139 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Camellia bohea	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Camellia oleosa (Lour.) Rehd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Camellia sinensis (L.) O. kuntze. f. macrophyll (Sieb.) Kitamura	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze f. macrophylla (Sieb.) Kitamura	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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