Taxon:
Camellia japonica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:698. 1753
Verified:
12/12/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
camellia – Swedish
kamelia – Transcribed Chinese
shan cha –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
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 | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |