Theaceae

Camellia sasanqua.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Theaceae
Tribus: Gordonieae – Stewartieae – Theeae
Genera: Apterosperma – Camellia – Franklinia – Gordonia – Polyspora – Pyrenaria – Schima – Stewartia
Paleogenera: †Andrewsiocarpon – †Anubiscarpon – †Mecsekispermum – †Ternstroemites

Name

Theaceae Mirb. ex Ker Gawl., Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 2: ad t. 112. 1816, nom. cons.

• Type genus: Camellia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 698. (1753)
  

Note: Generic limits in this family are not fully resolved and even tribes may be unsustainable (Stevens, 2020). The above is sensu Stevens (2020) and excludes genera commonly found in Pentaphylacaceae.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Camelliaceae Mirb. in A.P. de Candolle, Essai Propr. Méd. Pl., ed. 2: 978. 11 1816
  • Gordoniaceae DC. in Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 12. 1826.
  • Malachodendraceae J. Agardh, Theoria Syst. Pl.: 130. 1858, nom. illeg.

References

• Mirbel, C.F.B. de 1816. Botanical Register; consisting of coloured . .. 2: sub t. 112.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Theaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb. 2014.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Theaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 5. Reference page. 
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Prince, L.M. 2007. A brief nomenclatural review of genera and tribes in Theaceae. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 24(1): 105-121. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20072401.08 PDF Reference page. 
• Wolfe, Jack A. 1968. "Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington" U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 571
• Flora of China (draft) Theaceae

Vernacular names

български: Чаеви
čeština: čajovníkovité
dansk: Te-familien
Deutsch: Teestrauchgewächse
Esperanto: Teacoj
suomi: Teekasvit
Nordfriisk: Teeplaanten
日本語: ツバキ科
македонски: Чаеви
中文: 山茶科

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