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Camellia dehungensis Chang (1983).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Gymnogynae. Small tree, 3-6 m tall. Flowers terminal or axillary, greenish white, 2.5-4.3 cm across with 6-8 petals. Leaves elliptic or long-elliptic, 12-17 cm long x 4-7 cm wide. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia dormoyana (Pierre ex Lanessan) Sealy (1958).
Subgenus Protocamellia; Section Stereocarpus. Tree 6-10 m tall. Flowers sessile, terminal, yellowish, about 5.5 cm across with 12 petals. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, 15-25 cm long x 5.5-8 cm wide. Distribution: Vietnam.
Camellia dubia Sealy (1958).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Gymnandrea. Shrub 1-3 m tall. Flowers pedicellate, fragrant, 2-2.7 cm across, white or lightly flushed pink with 5-7 petals. Chang says the species is close to C. fraterna, except that flowers are purplish pink and pedicel and sepals glabrous. Leaves, variable shape, elliptic to broad-elliptic, apices acuminate to caudate, 3-7.5 cm long x 1.3-3:7 cm wide, thinly coriaceous. Synonym; Thea fraterna (Hance).
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Camellia edentata Chang (1981).
Sub-genus Metacamellia; Section Eriandria. A shrub with flowers terminal or axillary, white, 2 cm across with 7 petals. Similar to C. caudata except that leaves are entire with more lateral veins and longer sepals; coriaceous, oblong, 5-7.5 cm long x 1.5-2.3 cm wide. Distribution: Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, China.
Camellia edithae Hance (1861).
Sub-genus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. Shrub up to 3 m tall. Flowers solitary, terminal, red with 5-6 petals. Outstanding due to densely villose stems. Leaves leathery, lanceolate with caudate apices, 8-15.5 cm long x 2.5-4.6 cm wide. Distribution: Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong Provinces, China.
Camellia elongata (Rehd & Wils.) 1900, Rehd (1915).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis. Serries Gymnandrae. Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall. Flower 2-2.5 cm across, white with 5-7 petals. Leaves thinly leathery, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, apices caudate. An unusual species with all parts elongated, even the fruit and seeds. Synonyms: Theopsis elongata (Nakai), Thea caudata var. faberi (Kochs). Distribution: Sichuan Province, China.
Camellia euphlebia Merr. ex Sealy (1949).
Subgenus Thea, Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Shrub 2-3 m tall. Flowers fragrant, about 3.5 cm across, sulphur yellow, of 8-9 petals. Leaves elliptic, 11-14 cm long x 5-6.5 cm wide, coriaceous, apices cuspidate-acuminate Synonym: C.chrysantha var. macrophylla Mo & Huang, 1979. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China and Vietnam.
Camellia euphlebia Merr ex Sealy var. yunnanensis Wang & Fen (1988).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Reduced to a synonym for the species Camellia fascicularis Chang, 1991.
Camellia euryoides Lindl. (1826).
Sub-genus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis, Series Gymnandrae. A shrub or small tree, 3-5 m tall. Flower white, about 2 cm across with 5 petals. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, thinly leathery, 2-6 cm long x 1-2.5 cm wide. Distribution: Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, China.
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Camellia fangchensis Liang & Zhong (1982).
Sub-genus Thea; Section Thea; Series Gymnogynae. Shrub or small three, 3-5 m tall. Flowers small, white, 2.1-3.5 cm across, 1-2 axillary, nodding, petals 5. Similar to C. ptilophylla except that the leaves are thinner and larger, sepals smaller and seed capsule larger. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 13.5-29 cm long x 5.5-12.5 cm wide. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia fascicularis, Chang in Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitas Sunyatsensi, vol.30, No.2, 1991.
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Synonym: Camellia euphlebia var. yunnanensis Wang & Fan, 1988. Differs from C. euphlebia Merr. by the filaments united in bundles, larger seed capsulea with much thicker pericarp and pubescent seeds. Flowers yellow. Originated in Yunnan at Hekou altitude 350 m in forest.
Camellia flava (Pitard) Sealy (1949).
Subgenus Thea, Section Chrysantha; Series Flavae. Shrub or small tree, 2-5 m tall. Flowers, pedicellate, solitary, terminal, yellow, 10-13 petals, about 4.5 cm across. Leaves oval or oblong-elliptic or oblong-oval, apices acuminate, 6-15 cm long x 2.3-5.8 cm wide. Synonyms: Thea flava (Pitard); Camellia cordatula Merr. Distribution: North Vietnam.
Camellia flavida Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea, Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Synonyms: Camellia limonia var. obovata, Mo & Zhong, 1985; Camellia longgangensis Liang & Mo, 1985; Camellia longgangensis var. patens, Mo & Zhong, 1985. Shrub 3 m tall. Flowers terminal on pedicels 1-2 cm long; light yellow, petals 8, about 1.8 cm across. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 8-11 cm long x 3-4.5 cm wide. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia fleuryi (A.Chev.) Sealy (1949).
Subgenus Thea; Section Corallina. Shrub or small tree. Flower perulate, axillary, yellow, with 5 petals, about 2.2 cm across. Leaves elliptic to orbicular, 7-11 cm long x 2.5-3.7 cm wide Synonym: Thea fleuyri. Distributed: Vietnam.
Camellia fluviatilis Hand.-Mazz. (1922).
Subgenus Camellia, Section Paracamellia. Shrub about 1.2 m tall. Flower perulate, white, about 2 cm across with 6 petals. Leaves very narrowly and elongated elliptic, long tapered to apex and base, coriaceous, 5-6 cm long x 6-9 mm wide. Synonym: Camellia kissii var. stenophylla (Kobuski). Distribution: India, Burma, and the Chinese Provinces of Guangdong. Guangxi and Hainan.
Camellia forrestii var. forrestii (Diels) Cohen-Stuart, (1912).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis. Shrub or small tree 1-5 m tall. Flower white, shortly pedicellate, fragrant, up to 2 cm across, petals 5-6, unequal. Leaves elliptic or elliptic ovate or ovate, 2.2-3 cm long x 1.5-2 cm wide. Synonym: Thea polygama Hu; Camellia liuii, Tsai & Feng. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China and Vietnam.
Camellia forrestii var. acutisepala (Tsai & Feng) Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis. Close to the type, only the sepals are triangular-ovate and apices acute. Synonym: Camellia acutisepala (Tsai & Feng). Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia fraterna Hance (1862).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Gymnandrae. Shrub 1-5 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to broad-elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 4-8 cm long x 1.5-3.5 cm wide. Flowers shortly pedicellate, fragrant, 2.2-2.7 cm across, white or whitish lilac, 5-6 petals. Synonyms Thea rosaeflora var. pilosa Kochs; Theopsis fraterna Nakai. Distribution: Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui Provinces, China.
Camellia furfuracea var. furfuracea (Merr.) Cohen-Stuart (1919).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Furfuracea. A shrub or small tree, 2-3 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, narrow to broad elliptic or oblong-elliptic, blunt apex, 8.5-14.5 cm long x 2.5-6 cm wide. Flowers perulate, singly or in pairs, terminal, fragrant, 2 cm across, white with 8 petals. Synonym: Camellia furfuracea var. lutea Hu. Distribution: Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces, China, Vietnam and Laos.
Camellia furfuracea Cohen Stuart var. yaoshanica Liang & Zhong, (1985).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Furfuracea. Close to C. furfuracea but differs in that the branchlets, petioles and undersides of leaves are pubescent and leaf margins are conspicuously serrate and seed capsules have thick pericarp. Evergree shrub, 4 m tall with greyish brown, pubescent branches. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, 5-11.5 cm long x 2.4-5 cm wide, shining green above, pubescent below. Flower not seen. Seed capsule sessile, subglobose, 2.5 cm deep x 3 cm in diameter, 3 valves, furfuraceous. Originated in the Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia fusuensis Liang & Dong (1987).
Subgenus Thea. The main characteristic of this species is that the new growth is tender and a light red colour and the flowers are a light yellow.
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