Camellia sinensis

Taxonomy ID: 4442 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:4442)

current name

Camellia sinensis  Kuntze, 1881

homotypic synonym:

Thea sinensis

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

black tea

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; Ericales; Theaceae; Camellia

Comments and References:

image:Camellia sinensis Image by AxelBoldt from Wikimedia Commons under a Public Domain license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

Flora of China - Theaceae Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. Theaceae. 2007. In Wu, Z. Y., P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds. Flora of China. Vol. 12 (Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online at Flora of China: www.efloras.org