Theaceae. 2021. illus.272 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. - Chinese, with Latin nomenclature.

Ex Situ Flora of China-Theaceae Camellia (Theaceae) plants are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. According to the statistics of Flora of China, there are more than 700 species of 36 genera of Camellia in the world, and more than 480 species of 15 genera in China. Camellia plants have extremely high economic value. There are not only beverage plants represented by tea (Camelliasinensis), woody oil plants represented by camellia (C.oleiferra) and southern camellia (C.semiserrata), and Schima superba ( Schimasuperba and Euryodendronexcelsum) are representative timber plants, and many ornamental plants are widely cultivated and used, especially camellia (C.japonica), Yunnan camellia (Yunnan camellia C.reticulata) and tea Plum (C.sasanqua) has a long history of cultivation and has many varieties. It is widely cultivated all over the world and has become a world famous flower. In addition to the introduction of native germplasm resources in botanical gardens, arboretums and other camellia collection gardens, tens of thousands of cultivated varieties have been cultivated in only three species, namely, Camellia, Dian Camellia and Camellia sinensis. In recent decades, with the continuous discovery of yellow-flowered wild species and people’s continuous pursuit of the dream of cultivating yellow-flowered varieties, yellow-flowered species represented by C. petelotii have also been widely introduced and cultivated. The four-season flowering species represented by Rhododendron red camellia (C.azalea) has become a unique and precious germplasm resource in China. In the past ten years, China has cultivated hundreds of new varieties based on this as the female parent. Making outstanding contributions. "China's ex-situ cultivation of flora (Camellia)" includes the original species of Camellia (including varieties, subspecies, variants, etc.) introduced in major botanical gardens in China, a total of 11 genera and 112 species, and the Latin names of the species are mainly based on "Chinese Flora" The first volume of Volume 50 also refers to Flora of China (Vol.12); the genera and species are arranged in alphabetical order of Latin names, and the introduction of each plant includes taxonomic information such as Chinese name, scientific name, alias, and natural distribution, migration. The morphological characteristics of in-situ cultivation, introduction information, phenological information, key points and main uses of ex-situ cultivation, with color photos showing the morphological characteristics of the species.