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(First upload on March 28 2024. Last on May 1 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Foundation stocks of Camellia






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Camellia L. (ツバキ)

Camellia foundation stocks (ツバキ原種)
C. cuspidata (Kochs) H. J. Veitch (トガリバサザンカ)
C. fraterna Hance (シラハトツバキ)
C. grijsii Hance, fragrant camellia
C. chekiangoleosa H. H. Hu (セッコウベニバナユチャ), syn. C.lucidissima Hung T. Chang
C. rosiflora Hooker
C. terminalis J. Y. Liang et Z. M. Su (チョウセイキンカチャ)
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Camellia rosiflora Hooker


Lifeform: evergreen shrub 1.5-2.5 m tall
Distribution (origin): China (controversial)
Habitat: unknown
Synonyms:

Thea maliflora Seem
Thea rosiflora (Hook.) Kuntze

Camellia rosaeflora Hook.

cv cascade
cv cascade

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

Camellia chekiangoleosa H. H. Hu in a greenhouse


Sekkoubenibanayucha (セッコウベニバナユチャ, 浙江紅花油茶)
Lifeform: evergreen, short tree
Distribution: southern-central China

introduced to Japan in 1979 or 1980

Petal: 6-7

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

Camellia cuspidata (Kochs) H. J. Veitch grown in a greenhouse


Togaribasazanka (トガリバサザンカ, 尖葉山茶花), cuspidate camellia
Lifeform: evergreen shrub ≈ 3 m in height
Distribution: western or southern China
Habitat: forest understory
Cultivars: C. cuspidata × saluenensis cv. Michael

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

Camellia fraterna Hance grown in a greenhouse


Shirahatotsubaki (シラハトツバキ, 白鳩椿), Fraterna camellia
Lifeform: evergreen shrub, 2-5 m high
Origin: China
Habitat: thickets and forests
Flower: small (2-3 cm in diameter) and white
Chromosome number: 2n = 90
Use: garden plant, foundation stock for cultivation
Synonyms:

Camellia fraterna f. amoena D. H. Wu, X. D. Mei et Z. H. Chen, discarded
Thea fraterna (Hance) Kuntze
Theopsis fraterna (Hance) Nakai

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

Camellia grijsii Hance grown in a greenhouse


No Japanese name (fragrant camellia)
Lifeform: evergreen shrub, 1-4 m in height
Distribution: central and eastern China
Habitat: forests and thickets
Flower: heart-shaped petals and fragrant
Cultivars: Zhenzhucha
Synonyms:

Camellia yuhsienensis Hu

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

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