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Family:
Theaceae (camellia and tea family) Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales
About seven genera and 195 species, native mainly from
Southeast Asia to Malesia, but also to the southeastern USA. Three genera
and four species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Genera cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Camellia
(tea genus)
About 120 species, native from the Himalayas to Japan and Indonesia. Two
species are cultivated in southern Africa: Camellia japonica (Common
camellia) and Camellia sinensis (Tea). |
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Franklinia alatamaha
Native to southeastern USA. |
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Stewartia
Two species cultivated: Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese false
camellia) (native to Korea and Japan) and Stewartia sinensis (Chinese
false camellia) (native to China). |
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