Camellias Nomenclature



Camellia Species C. grijsii    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1879

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Species C. irrawadiensis    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

Polyspora yunnanensis

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1956

Camellia Species C. kissii    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1820

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Species C. lipoensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1986

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Species C. longicarpa    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1981

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Species C. lutchuensis    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

Theopsis lutchuensis - Thea lutchuensis

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1900

Comments

Sweet fragrance

Camellia Species C. meiocarpa    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

No origin identified

Camellia Species C. miyagii    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

C. Sasanqua var. Miyagii

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1931

Camellia Species C. nokoensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Taiwan

First publication

1919

Camellia Species C. oleifera    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

C. drupifera - C. oleosa

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1818

Comments

Fragrant. Known as "tea-oil"

Camellia Species C. pitardii var. alba    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1981

Comments

Slightly fragrant

Camellia Species C. salicifolia     


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1851

Comments

Slightly fragrant

Camellia Species C. saluenensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1933

Comments

Cold hardy. Contribute to large number of hybrids. Flowers white to rose-pink

Camellia Species C. sinensis    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

Thea sinensis

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1753

Comments

Tea. Flowers measures about an inch

Camellia Species C. sinensis var. assamica    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1950

Seen


Camellia Species C. szechuanensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1948

Camellia Species C. tenuiflora    


Species

Species

Synonym(s)

Tenuifolia

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Taiwan

Camellia Species C. transarisanensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Taiwan

First publication

1919

Comments

Slightly fragrant

Camellia Species C. transnokoensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Taiwan

First publication

1919

Comments

Slightly fragrant

Camellia Species C. trichoclada    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

First publication

1939

Comments

Slightly fragrant

Camellia Species C. tsaii    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1938

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Species C. yuhsienensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1992

Comments

Very fragrant

Camellia Species C. yunnanensis    


Species

Species

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1930

Camellia Japonica 'Carina'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Botanic Nursery Thoby (France)

First publication

2003

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Casimir'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

2004

Camellia Hybrid 'CF. 44'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1994

Comments

Fragrant

Camellia Japonica 'Charlotte de Rothschild'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1964-1965

Seen

Nursery - Trevarez Garden

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Chôshô'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Clémence Lefeuvre'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

1997

Camellia Sasanqua 'Cochise'    


Species

Sasanqua

Color

White

Aspect

Pink blotched

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

France

First publication

1995

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Hybrid 'Cornish Snow'    


Species

Hybrid

Synonym(s)

Mixue

Color

White

Aspect

Pink blotched

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1948

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Daikanhô'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Daikanbô - Suizenji

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1961

Seen

Ishibashi Cultural Center (Kurume) - Nursery - Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Daisenhaku'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1970

Comments

Released by Hisatoshi Nagami

Camellia Sasanqua 'Daydream'    


Species

Sasanqua

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1948-1949

Camellia Hybrid 'Elina'    


Species

Hybrid

Synonym(s)

Cupido

Color

White

Aspect

Pink marginated

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

First publication

1999

Camellia Japonica 'Fairy Fountain'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

First publication

1960

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Sasanqua 'Fragrans'    


Species

Sasanqua

Synonym(s)

Fragrans Comber

Color

White

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1938

Comments

Fragrant

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Hybrid C.x williamsii 'Francis Hanger'    


Species

Hybrid C.x williamsii

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Great Britain

Origination year

1946

Seen

Private garden - Trevarez Garden

Camellia Hybrid 'François Gagnepain'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

White

Aspect

Pink blotched

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

France

First publication

1993

Comments

Fragrant

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Fuji'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1958

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Fuji-no-yuki'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Higo-fuji-no-yuki - Fuji-no-yuki-higo

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Germaine de Kerret'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

France

Origination year

1994

Comments

Raised by Roger Salaün, in the honor of his wife.

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Ginga'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Color

White

Aspect

Pink blotched

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Gozen-no-yuki'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1974

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Hakkaku'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Hakutsuru-Chûbu

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Haku-ô'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1980

Comments

Released by Shunsuke Hisatomi

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Hakurakuten'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Hakurakuten (Higo)

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1980

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Hakusen'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Shira-ôgi

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1964

Camellia Japonica 'Hakushû'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1973

Comments

Seedling of 'Meigestu'

Camellia Higo Camellias 'Hakutaka'    


Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Higo-hakutaka - Hakutaka (Higo)

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Very slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1800

Comments

Suitable for bonsaï