Details for: NA 87369, Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis, (small leaf seedling)

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis

Top Name:

(small leaf seedling)

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

17 Mar 2023

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seedling

Life Form:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis

Top Name:

(small leaf seedling)

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

17 Mar 2023

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seedling

Life Form:

Shrub

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

(small leaf seedling)

Type: Other or unclassified name

NA 87369

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (small leaf seedling). Per the nursery's catalog, this is a compact form that comes relatively true from seed; it has, "Medium-green leaves with irregular serrations remain less than 4" x 2.5" at maturity. This cold-hardy variety is widely grown in Japan and favored for producing mild-flavored tea. These are descendants of a tea plant found on the University of North Carolina campus. Some of these plants survived our -9F winter in 1985."

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. sinensis

Genus:

Camellia

Subgenus:

Thea

Section:

Thea

Family:

Theaceae

Tribe:

Theeae

Nomen number:

400347

Verified:

12/12/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (7 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (J. W. Mast.) Kitam. (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. dehungensis (H. T. Chang & B. H. Chen) T. L. Ming (0 active accession[s])
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. pubilimba Hung T. Chang (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Thea sinensis L.

Autonym(s)
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze f. sinensis

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Thea sinensis L. var. sinensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia arborescens Hung T. Chang et al.
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) W. Wight nothosubsp. lasiocalyx (Planch. ex G. Watt) W. Wight
Camellia assamica (J. W. Mast.) W. Wight subsp. assamica
Camellia oleosa (Lour.) Rehder
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze f. parvifolia (Miq.) Sealy
Camellia thea Link
Camellia thea Link var. lasiocalyx Planch. ex G. Watt
Camellia thea Link var. thea
Thea oleosa Lour.
Thea sinensis L. var. parvifolia Miq.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	China tea			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	cha	茶		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Japanese Rōmaji	cha			2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji	chano-ki			2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Transcribed Korean	chanamu		as Thea sinensis	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:132.

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