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Camellia tachangensis Zhang (1980).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Quinquelocularis. A tree 10-15 m tall with timber strongly fragrant when cut. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate or oblong, 14-18 cm long x 4-8 cm wide, apices acute. Flowers white, 6-8 cm across, solitary or 2-3 axillary, with 11-15 petals. Similar to C.taliensis except that the leaves and flowers are larger. Distribution: Yunnan, Guizhou Provinces, China.
Camellia taliensis (W.W. Sm.) Melchior in Engler (1925).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Quinquelocularis. A shrub or small tree, 2-7 m tall. Leaves elliptic to broad-elliptic, bluntly acute. Flowers pedicellate, solitary or in pair or threes at the end of shoots or in leaf axils, somewhat nodding, 5-6 cm across x 2.5-3.4 cm deep, white with 11 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia tenii Sealy (1949).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. Erect shrub, 1 m tall. Leaves elliptic, apices obtuse, 2.5-4.3 cm long x 1.2-2.2 cm wide. Flowers 1.1-1.4 cm across, white with 6 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia tenuivalvis Chang (1989).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae.
A shrub 1-2 m tall with glabrous branchlets and glossy, dark green, coriaceous,
oblong-lanceolate leaves, 5-7 cm long x 1.2-1.5 cm wide. Flowers red,
subterminal, sessile, 4-5 cm diameter with 7 wide-cordate petals. Seed capsule
globose, 1.3-2.2 cm diameter, splitting into 3 valves with 1-1.5 mm thick walls
and 1 seed in each locule. Distribution: Sichuan Province, China.
Camellia tetracocca Chang (1981).
Merged with and reduced to a synonym for C.tachangensis
Zhang, 1981.
Camellia thailandica Chang et Ren (1993).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A shrub with hairy branchlets and
coriaceous, lanceolate, glossy, dark green leaves 5-7 cm long x 1.5-2.5 cm wide.
Flowers white, subsessile, 5-6 petals. Filaments and petals almost free.
Distribution: Thailand.
Camellia tonkinensis (Pitard) Cohen Stuart (1916).
Subgenus Thea; Section Coralina. Shrub. Leaves elliptic or broad-elliptic, 9-13 cm long x 2.5-5 cm wide, apices acuminate. Flowers, pedicellate, solitary. Flower not seen. Distribution: Vietnam.
Camellia transarisanensis (Hay.) Cohen-Stuart (1919).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. A much-branched shrub to small tree, 1.5-9 m tall. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic,
blunt acute apex. Flower, white, 1.8 cm across with 5-6 petals. Close to C.handelii but shorter calyx. Distribution: Taiwan.
Camellia transnokoensis Hay. (1919).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. Small tree up to 6 m tall. Leaves elliptic, with tapering, blunt, acuminate apex. Flowers shortly pedicellate, white with 5-6 petals. Distribution: Taiwan.
Camellia triantha Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; series Gymnandrae. Shrub with membranous leaves, elliptic or ovate-oblong, 8-10.5 cm long x 3-4 cm wide, apices narrowly caudate-acuminate. Flowers, 3 terminal or 1 axillary, pedicellate, white with 5 petals. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia trichandra Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Gymnandrae. A shrub with thinly coriaceous leaves, obovate-oblong, 4-7.5 cm long x 1.5-2.5 cm wide with caudate apices. Flowers 3 cm across, pedicellate, white with 5 petals. Distribution: Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, China.
Camellia trichocarpa Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia: Section Psuedocamellia; Series Trichocarpae. Shrub or small tree, 2-3 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, long-ovate, 5-7.5 cm long x 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apices acuminate. Flowers terminal, sessile, white with 7-8 petals. Synonym: C.henryana. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia trichoclada (Rehd.) Chien (1939).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. A much-branched shrub about 1 m tall. Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, apex obtuse, 1.2-2.4 cm long x 6-13 mm wide. Flowers pedicellate,
not seen. Stem clad in long, spreading, villose hairs making this species unique in the Camellia genus. Distribution: Fujian and Zhejiang
Provinces, China.
Camellia trichosperma Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. A tree to 15 m tall with coriaceous, elliptic leaves, 11-13 cm long. Flowers terminal, sessile, red. Seed capsule large, 12-15 cm in diameter. Distribution: Jiangxi Province, China.
Camellia trigonocarpa Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Eriandria. A small tree to 4 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-8 cm long x 1.5-2 cm wide with caudate apices. Flowers, axillary, terminal, pedicellate, white with 5 petals. Differs from C.caudata and C.cratera by having long cylindrical fruit with three ridges. Distribution: Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, China.
Camellia truncata Chang et Ye (1990).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. A shrub with
brownish, hairy branchlets and slender, coriaceous, ovate leaves, 1.4 cm long.
Flowers white, short stalked, 2 cm diameter, 5 petals. Seed capsule globose, 10
cm diameter, 3-locule with single seed. Distribution: Yunnan Province,
China.
Camellia tsaii var. tsaii Hu (1938).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Gymnandrae. A shrub 1-5 m tall. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, tapering to a caudate apex, 5-9.5 cm long x 1.3-2.9 cm wide, margins wavy. Flowers pedicellate, 1.6-1.8 cm across, white with 5 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China,
and Burma and Northern Vietnam.
Camellia tsaii var. synaptica (Sealy) Chang (1981).
Differs from the type in that young shoots are thicker, and leaves thick and shiny. Flower basically the same except that back of bracts are glabrous. Distribution: Yunnan and Hunan Provinces, China.
Camellia tsingpienensis var. tsingpienensis Hu (1938).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Trichandrae. A shrub or small tree, 3-7 m tall. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, or lanceolate-elliptic , bluntly caudate, 5-8.3 cm long x 1.5-3 cm wide. Flower 1.1-1.4 cm across, white with 5 petals. Distribution: Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, China, and Vietnam.
Camellia tsingpienensis var. pubisepala Chang (1981).
Differs from the type by having pubescent bracts, sepals and petals with longer filaments. Distribution: Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces, China.
Camellia tsofuii Chien (1939).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Trichandrae. A shrub, 1-2 m tall. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to a bluntly acuminate apex, thinly leathery. Flower pedicellate, 1.8 cm across, white, or reddish outside at first, with 5 petals. Distribution: Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, China.
Camellia tuberculata var. tuberculata Chien (1939).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Tuberculata. A shrub to 5 m tall. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic or broad-elliptic, apices bluntly acuminate, 7.5-11 cm long x 2-4.5 cm wide. Flowers shortly pedicellate, solitary, terminal, axillary, not seen. Seed capsule warty. Includes species C.rhytidocarpa. Distribution: Vietnam.
Camellia tunganica Chang & lee in Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. Small tree. Leaves coriaceous,
ovate-oblong, 6-8 cm long x 2.5-3 cm wide, apices acute. Flowers white, 1-2
terminal, sessile with 8 petals. Distribution: Hunan Province, China.
Camellia tunghinensis Chang (1979).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. A shrub 2 m tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous or nearly membranous, elliptic, 5-7 cm long x 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apices acute. Flowers golden yellow, 3.3 cm across, axillary, pedicellate, 8-9 petals. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
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Camellia uraku Kitamura (1952).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae.
Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, abruptly acuminate. Flowers
rose-pink, 5-6 cm across. Synonym: Thea reticulata var. rosea (1910). Cultivar:
'Tarokaja'. Distribution: Japan.
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Camellia vietnamensis Hung ex Hu (1965).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Oleifera. A small tree, 4-8 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic or obovate, 5-12 cm long x 2-5 cm wide, abruptly acuminate. Flowers 4.5-6 cm across x 3-4.5 cm deep, petals 5-7, white or tinted green. Seed capsule 4-6 cm in diameter, red to pale yellow. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia villicarpa Chien (1939).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Eriantria. A shrub or small tree, 2-6 m tall with elliptic leaves, short, broad, bluntly acuminate, 2-4.8 cm long x 1-2 cm wide. Flowers not seen. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia villosa Chang (1981).
Subgenus camellia, Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. A shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 7-9.5 cm long x 3-4 cm wide, apices acute. Flowers sessile, red, with 7 petals. Seed capsule, globose, 5 cm in diameter. Close to C.polyodonta except shorter leaves and smaller flowers and fruit. Distribution: Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces, China.
Camellia viridicalyx Chang & Liang in Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Trichandrae. A shrub 1-2 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-5.5 cm long x 1-1.6 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate with a 1-1.5 cm long cauda. Flowers terminal, white with 5 petals and a very long style. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
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Camellia wardii Kobuski (1941).
Subgenus Thea; Section Coralina. A small tree, 6-12 m tall. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, apices caudate or acuminate, 7-11 cm long x 2.1-3.8 cm wide. Flowers perulate, terminal and axillary, 3.5-4 cm across x 2 cm deep, white with 6-8 petals. Distribution: Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces, China, and Burma.
Camellia weiningensis Y.K. Li ex Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A shrub with coriaceous leaves, oblong or oblong-ovate, 4-6 cm long x 1.6-2 cm wide, apices obtuse. Flowers 1-3, terminal, 3-5.5 cm across, pink or white with 6-8 petals. Distribution: Guizhou Province, China.
Camellia wenshanensis Hu (1938).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Eriandria. A shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong-ovate or oblong, shortly and broadly acuminate. Flowers perulate, 1.4 cm across, white with 5 petals. Thus species is close to C.cordifolia, but leaves are shorter, flowers sessile and filaments shorter. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia wumingensis Liang & Fu (1988).
Merged with and regarded as a synonym for C.flavida
Chang 1981.
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Camellia xanthochroma Feng & Xie (1980).
Subgenus Thea; Section Brachyandra. Shrub 3-4 m tall with coriaceous leaves, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 6.5 12 cm long x 2.2-3.7 cm wide, apices obtuse. Flowers small, yellow, 1.3 cm across, axillary, rarely terminal, pedicellate, with 6 petals. Close to C.parviflora except flowers smaller and yellow and ovary covered with white tomentosum. Distribution: Hainan.
Camellia xiashensis Liang Deng (1991).
Merged with and regarded as a synonym for C.limonia Liang & Mo, 1985.
Camellia xichengensis Chang (1989).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia, Subsection Reticulata, Series Reticulatae.
A shrub or small tree, 2-3 m tall with glabrous branchlets and pubescent buds.
Leaves coriaceous, glossy, dark green, oblong, 8-11.5 cm long x 2.4-4 cm wide;
apices caudate-acuminate. Flowers white, occasionally reddish, terminal,
solitary, sessile, 6-9 cm diameter. Seed capsule compressed globose, 4-6 cm
diameter splitting into 3 or 5 valves with 10 mm thick, corky walls and 2 seeds
in each locule. Distribution: Sichuan Province, China.
Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia, Subsection reticulata, Series Reticulatae. Small tree with small, lanceolate to oblong leaves. Flowers red.
Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
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Camellia yangkiangensis Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea; Section Brachyandra. A shrub 2 m tall with coriaceous leaves, elliptic, 3-4.5 cm long x 1.5-2.3 cm wide, apices short acute. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, white with 5 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia yuhsienensis Hu (1965).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves elliptic to broad elliptic, 6-9 m long x 3-4 cm wide, yellow-green, dull. Flowers white, 5-7 cm across with 5-7 petals. The shape of the flowers and leaves are the same as for C.grijsii but are larger. Clones with strong fragrance are known. Chang classifies this species as a synonym for C.grijsii but because of its larger flowers and leaves and fragrance, it is treated separately here. Distribution: Hunnan Province, China.
Camellia yungkiangensis Chang (1981).
Merged with and regarded as a synonym for C.costata Hu & Liang 1981.
Camellia yungkiangcha Chang (1983).
Merged with and regarded as a synonym for C.sinensis var. pubilimba
Ming 1992.
Camellia yunnanensis- (Pitard ex Diels) Cohen-Stuart (1916).
Subgenus Protocamellia; Section Stereocarpus. Shrub to small tree, 1.3-7 m tall. Leaves elliptic to broad-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, bluntly acute. Flowers perulate, solitary, white, 2.5-4 cm across with 8-12 petals. Distribution: Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China.
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Camellia zengii Chang, (1984).
Merged with and regarded as a synonym for C.rhytidocarpa var.
rhytidocarpa Zhang 1993.
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