Camellia

See also: camellia

Translingual

Camellia sasanqua

Etymology

Named after botanist Georg Kamel (1661-1706) by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2] +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Camellia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae – the camellias.

Synonyms

(genus): Thea

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Theaceae - family; Theeae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Camellia japonica - type species; Camellia sinensis, Camellia oleifera - selected other species; see Camellia at The Plant List for many more.

Translations

genus

Japanese: 椿 (ja) (つばき, tsubaki)

References

Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

Further reading

Camellia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Camellia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Camellia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Camellia at USDA Plants database
Camellia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Camellia at the Catalogue of Life
Camellia at Encyclopedia of Life
Camellia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Camellia at The Plant List

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