Directory of Theaceae Resources

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Family of trees and shrubs with alternate leathery leaves. There are about 16 genera the most important being Camellia, much grown as an ornamental shrub. Camellia sinensis is the Tea Plant, the leaves of which are used to make tea, a beverage drunk throughout the world.

Subcategories

• Camellia
• Eurya
• Gordonia
• Visnea

Resources in This Category

• The Theaceae

  http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/the.htm
  Botanical characteristics of this family with photographs and a brief description of a number of individual species.

• Theaceae

  http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/theaceae.htm
  Botanical description of this family of trees and shrubs, with an illustration of Camellia japonica and technical drawings of several other species.

 

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