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Species D

Camellia danzaiensis Lan. (1989).
Merged with and reduced to a synonym for
C.costata Hu & Liang, 1981.

Camellia dehungensis Chang (1983).
Merged with and reduced to a synonym for
C.sinensis var. dehungensis, Chang & Chen 1992.

Camellia dishisensis Zhang et al 1990.
Merged with and reduced to a synonym for
C.sinensis var. dehungensis, Chang & Chen 1992.

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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Species E

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 (1991)
Subgenus Thea; Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae.
. Differs from C.euphlebia Merr. by the filaments united in bundles, larger seed capsule with much thicker pericarp and pubescent seeds. Flowers yellow. Synonym: Camellia euphlebia var. yunnanensis Wang & Fan, 1988. Distribution: Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, at 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);
C.cordatula Merr. Distribution: Northern Vietnam.

Camellia flavida Chang (1981).
Subgenus Thea, Section Chrysantha; Series Chrysanthae.  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. Synonyms:
C.grandis; C.limonia var. obovata, Mo & Zhong, 1985; C.longgangensis Liang & Mo, 1985; C.longgangensis var. grandis; C.longgangensis var. patens, Mo & Zhong, 1985; C.ptilosperma; C.wumingensis. 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. Distribution: 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:
C.kissii var. stenophylla (Kobuski). Distribution: India, Burma, and Guangdong. Guangxi and Hainan Provinces of China.

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. Synonyms: Thea polygama Hu;
C.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, except that the sepals are triangular-ovate and apices acute. Synonym:
C.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: C.furfuracea var. lutea Hu. Distribution: Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces, China,  and 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. Evergreen 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. Distribution: Guangxi Province, China.

Camellia fusuiensis 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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