Taxon:
Camellia japonica L. var. japonica
Summary
Verified:
12/12/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:87.
- Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
- 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). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
camellia – common camellia – French
camélia – camélia du Japon – rose du Japon – German
japanische Kamelie – Kamelie – Japanese Rōmaji
tsubaki – yabu-tsubaki – Portuguese
camélia – Portuguese (Brazil)
rosa-do-Japão – Spanish
camelia – Transcribed Chinese
shan cha – Transcribed Korean
dongbaegnamu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea, South | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Shandong Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng (e.)]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South, Taiwan
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Materials | lipids | seed source of tsubaki oil, used as hair oil | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |