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Camellia macrosepala Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. Shrub or small tree with coriaceous, elliptic leaves, 7-9.5 cm long x 2.5-3.6 cm wide, apices caudate acuminate. Flowers axillary, white with 7 petals. Close to C. cuspidata but leaves and flowers larger and pedicels 2.5 cm long, Distribution: Guangdong Province, China.
Camellia magnocarpa (Hu & Huang) Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Lucidissima. Small tree to 8.5 m tall with elliptic, thickly coriaceous leaves, 9-22 cm long x 4-8 cm wide, apices acuminate with a 1.5-2 cm cauda. Flowers sessile, rose-red, 8 cm across with 8-9 petals, Seed capsule to 12 cm dameter. Synonym: C.semiserrata var. magnocarpa Hu (1965). Distribution: Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, China.
Camellia mairei var. mairei (L5v) Melchoir (1925).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Villosae. A medium size tree with leaves thinly leathery, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, apices acuminate-caudate. Flower perulate, terminal, solitary, bright red, 3.5-4 cm across with 8 petals. The species is similar to C. saluenensis, but has branchlets glabrous, apices acuminate, filaments densely pubescent. Distribution: Yunnan, Guangxi and Sichuan Provinces, China. The Sichuan specimens are peach blossom red and seem transitional to the Camellia mairei var. alba.
Camellia mairei var. alba Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Villose. Leaves oblong. Flowers white, with 7 petals. Otherwise similar to the type. Distribution: Sichuan Province, China.
Camellia makuanica Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Pentastylae. A small tree, 3-17 m tall. Leaves lanceolate or long-elliptic or elliptic, 10-22.5 cm long x 4.1-7.9 cm wide, apices acuminate. Flowers terminal or axillary, creamy white, 5.2-6.5 cm across with 8-13 petals; fruit to 3.7 cm diameter. Distribution: Yunnan Province. Used locally for tea making.
Camellia maliflora Lindl. (1827).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A shrub with elliptic, membranous leaves, 3.5-5 cm long x 1.8-3 cm wide and an acute apex. Flowers pink, double, 6 cm across. From the abnormal ovaries and stamens it is obviously a hybrid. Originally imported from China where it can no longer be found. Synonyms: Theopsis maliflora and Sasanqua maliflora.
Camellia manglaensis Chang (1983).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Gymnogynae. A shrub or small tree, 4-12 m tall. Leaves elliptic or long-elliptic, 13.6-17 cm long x 5.4-6.7 cm wide with acuminate apices. Flowers terminal or axillary, greenish white, 3.1-5 cm across with 5-8 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia melliana Hand.- Mazz. (1922).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Eriandria. Dense shrub, 1.3-1.7 m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, bluntly acuminate, 3-6.5 cm long x 1.1- 2.1 cm wide. Flowers fragrant, shortly pedicellate, 1.3 cm across, white with 5-6 petals. Close to C. cordifolia except leaves are narrow-oblong. Distribution: Guangdong Province, China.
Camellia membranacea Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Gymnandrae. Shrub 2.5 m tall with elliptic, menbranous leaves, 7.5-10 cm long x 3-4.5 cm wide, apices abruptly attenuate, caudate. Flower not seen. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia micrantha Liang & Zhong (1985).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Shrub 2-3 m high, leaves elliptic, coriaceous, 4.5-7 cm long x 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apices acute, bases subrotund, margins serrulate, petioles 5-7 mm long. Flowers yellow. The smallest flower in Section Chrysantha, 1-1.5 cm across. Synonym: C. melenanthe. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia microcarpa Mo & Huang (1986).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Similar to C. chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama. The main difference is that the flowers, seed capsule, and sepals are smaller. Flowers yellow, 2.5-3.5 cm across. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia microphylla (Merr.) Chien (1937).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. Leaves small, oblong-elliptic or narrowly elliptic-obovate, 2-3.5 cm long x 7-15mm wide. Flower 10 mm across, white with 5-7 petals. Distribution: Guizhou, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi Provinces, China.
Camellia minutiflora Chang (1981).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Cuspidatae. Shrub with leaves narrowly-oblong or lanceolate, 2-3.5 cm long x 6-9 mm wide, apices subacute. Flowers white, 1-2 axillary, slender and small, petals 5-6. Distribution: Hong Kong.
Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Mak. & Nem. (1931).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A small tree to 5 m tall. Leaves leathery, narrow elliptic or oblong elliptic or elliptic, apices bluntly acute, 3.3-5.2 cm long x 1.2-2.3 cm wide. Flowers axillary, solitary, perulate, white, 3.5-5 cm across, styles 5-6 mm long, deeply 3-cleft, petals pubescent. Close to C. brevistyla but leaves larger, margins not serrate. Differs from C. sasanqua with thicker leaves, venation obscure, smaller petals and shorter styles. Distribution Liu Kiu Islands.
Camellia multiperulata Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. Small tree. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, 1012 cm long x 4.5-5.7 cm wide, apices acute. Flowers solitary, terminal, often accompanying the terminal bud, red, 3-4 cm across, sessile, petals 8-9. Fruit weighs up to 0.9 kg. Differs from C. semiserrata by leaves broadly elliptic, bracts and sepals 19-21, thick and hard. Distribution: Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, China.
Camellia multipetala Liang & Deng (1985).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Leaves coriaceous, large. Flower light yellow, 3.5-5 cm across with 11-14 petals. This species has the greatest number of petals of all the Section Chrysantha. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia multiplex Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea; Section Thea; Series Pentastyla. A tree 18 m tall with long-elliptic leaves, 10.3-12.4 cm long x 3.9-4.7 cm wide, apices acuminate. Flowers terminal, a few axillary, white, 5.7-7.2 cm across with 13-16 petals. Differs from C. irrawadiensis with larger leaves and more petals and bases of styles pubescent. Disribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia multisepala Chang (1983).
Subgenus Thea, Section Thea; Series Sinensis. A shrub to 2.7 m tall. Leaves lanceolate, 8.6-11.3 cm long x 2.9-3.5 cm wide, apices acuminate. Flowers small, terminal or axillary, greenish white with 6 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China. Used locally for tea making.
Camellia muricatula Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea; Section Brachyandra. Small tree, 8-12 m tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 6-9 cm long x 2.5-3.5 cm wide with acute apices. Flowers axillary, white, 2 cm across, subsessile with 5 petals. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
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Camellia nematodea (Gagnep.) Sealy (1958).
Subgenus thea; Section Brachyandra. A tree 7-8 m tall with papery, broad-elliptic leaves, shortly, bluntly acuminate, 4.5-6.5 cm long x 2.3-3.2 cm wide, widely, shallowly undulate-denticulate. Flowers pedicellate, 2 or 3 at the end of twigs, solitary in the axil of uppermost leaf, fragrant, white, about 1.8 cm across with 5 petals. Synonym: Thea nematodea. Distribution: Vietnam.
Camellia neriifolia Chang, (1984).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Tuberculata; Series Acutiperulata. Tree or shrub with glabous branches. Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate, 7-11 cm long x 2-2.5 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate, upper surface dark green, semi-glossy, beneath brownish, glabrous; margins entire. Petiole ca 10 mm long. Flowers terminal, subsessile, petals not seen. Seed capsule, glabrous, warty, 3 locules; style 3, free, glabrous. Originated in Quizhou Province, China.
Camellia nervosa (Gagnep.) Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea; Section Brachyandra. Small tree, branches glabrous. Leaves oblong, 6 cm long x 3 cm wide. Flower sessile, white, with 5 petals, shortly pedicellate, styles 4-cleft. Distribution: Vietnam.
Camellia nitidissima Chi var. nitidissima (1948).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Shrub 2-3 m tall. Flowers golden yellow, fragrant, solitary, axillary, 2.5-4 cm across with 8-10 petals. Leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8-11 cm long x 3-4.5 cm wide. Massive fruit 5 cm in diameter, dark brown, densely verriculose, pedicels thick, to 1 cm long. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China. Synonym: C. chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama. Distribution: Veitnam and Guangxi Province, China.
Camellia nitidissima var. microcarpa (Mo & Huang) Chang & Ye. (1991).
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae. Synonym C. microcarpa Mo, 1982. Differs from the type due to smaller leaves, flowers and seed capsules. Synonym: C. chrysantha var. microcarpa.
Camellia nokoensis Hay. (1919).
Subgenus Metacamellia; Section Theopsis; Series Trichandrae. Shrub or small tree, 5-8 m tall, with thin, slender branchlets. Leaves thinly leathery, elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, bluntly acuminate or caudate apices, 3-4.7 cm long x 1.1-1.8 cm wide. Flower pedicellate, 9-12 mm across, white with 5 petals. Differs from Camellia euriodes with pubescent filaments and shorter pedicels. Distribution: Taiwan and Jiangsu Province, China.
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Camellia oblata Chang x Chang.
Subgenus Camellia; Section V Furfuracea. A shrub 3 m tall with smooth branches. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 12-15 cm long x 4-5.5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute, shining. light green. Flower white, 2.2 cm in diameter, petals 9; stamens 9 mm long. Seed capsule, terminal, oblate, 3.2 cm wide x 2 cm deep. Distribution: Guangxi Province.
Camellia obovatifolia Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Tuberculata. A small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, obovate- lanceolate, 6-9 cm long x 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute. Flowers terminal, nearly sessile, white. Petals not seen. Distribution: Yunnan Province, China.
Camellia obtusifolia Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. A shrub or small tree, to 4 m tall. Leaves broadly- elliptic, 3.5-5 cm long x 2.5-3 cm wide, apices obtuse. Flowers 2, terminal, sessile, white, 2 cm across with 5-7 petals. Distribution: Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong Provinces, China.
Camellia octopetala Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. vol.X, No.2, 1965.
Subgenus Camellia; Section Paracamellia. Tree 3-7 m tall, rarely 10 m, trunk up to 20 cm diameter, bark smooth, pale grey. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic oblong, 10-15 cm long x 3.4-5 cm wide, apices acuminate, margins serrulate, shining green; petioles 1-2 cm long. Flowers white, subterminal, solitary, 4-5 cm across with 8-13 petals, united for 1-2 mm at the base, 3 cm long x 1.5 cm broad; stamens 340-540, about 2 cm long. Capsule woody, 6-8 cm long, 6.5-9.5 in diameter, 3 valves, brownish-grey, warty, containing 12-21 chestnut coloured seed. A high oil yielding species. Chang reduced this to a synonym for C. crapnelliana in 1980. However an investigation by Huang & Zhao in 1986 showed positive differences between the karyotype of C. octopetala, Hu and C.giganticarpa Hu. The recommendation is that C. gigantocarpa Hu should be considered a synonym for C. crapnelliana Tutch. while C.octopetala Hu should be reinstated as a species.
Camellia oleifera Abel (1818).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Oleifera; Shrub or small tree to 8 m tall. Leaves narrow to broad-elliptic or oblong elliptic or obovate, sharply to bluntly acute or acuminate, 3.5-9 cm long x 1.8-4.2 cm wide. Flowers perulate, terminal, solitary or in pairs, fragrant, white with 5-7 petals. Flowers usually 5-6 cm across but can reach 8-9 cm in some specimens. Fruit 3-4.5 cm in diameter. Widely cultivated as a commercial crop for tea-oil in the provinces south of the Changjiang river. Synonyms: Camellia drupifera, C. oleosa. Widely distributed in South China.
Camellia omiensis Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Villosae. A shrub or small tree to 4 m tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 9-12 cm long x 4-5.5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute. Flowers terminal, sessile, red, 9 cm across with 8-9 petals. Distribution: Sichuan Province, China.
Camellia oviformis Chang (1981).
Subgenus Camellia; Section Camellia; Subsection Reticulata; Series Reticulatae. A tree to 8 m tall with oblong, coriaceous leaves, 11-16 cm long x 4-5.3 cm wide and acute apices. Flowers sessile, terminal, red, with 8 petals. Seed capsules to 9 cm long x 7.5 cm wide. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.
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