Comparative images of this family are given below:
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Camellia azalea C.F.Wei (Cultivated) (China Southeast as per POWO)
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Camellia japonica L. (Introduced)
(China (Shandong, E-Zhejiang), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., South Korea, Taiwan (I), Java (I), Vietnam (I), Nepal (I), Sao Tome (I), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Mexico (I), Honduras (c), Bolivia (I), Colombia (I), USA (I) (Florida (I), Georgia (I), North Carolina (I), South Carolina (I)) as per Catalogue of life)
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Camellia kissi Wall. (China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam, Andamans (South Andamans), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Kayin, Magway, Shan, Taninthayi), India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life)

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Camellia oleifera Abel (Cultivated) (China (wide areas of S-Qinling Shan to Huaihe River valley in China), Japan (Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., Korea (I), N-Laos, N-Myanmar [Burma], N-Vietnam, trop. Africa (I), USA (I) (Florida (I), Georgia (I), North Carolina (I), South Carolina (I)) as per Catalogue of Life)
(Camellia sasanqua Thunb. (Occasionally cultivated in Assam) (syn. of Camellia oleifera Abel.) as per BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993))

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Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Introduced) (China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shaanxi), Taiwan, Tibet, Ryukyu Isl. (c), Korea (c), India (c), Myanmar [Burma] (c), Southern Marianas (c) (Guam (c)), Mauritius (c), Andamans (c), Nicobars (c), Vietnam (c), Laos (c), Bhutan (c), Sulawesi (c), Sikkim (c), Nepal (c), Java (c), Japan (c), Australia (c) (Queensland (c)), Anatolia (c), trop. Africa (c), Cameroon (c), Mozambique (c), Colombia (c), Costa Rica (c), Panama (c), Bolivia (c), Mexico (c), Honduras (c), Trinidad (c), Tobago (c), Seychelles (c), Assam (c), Cambodia (c), Thailand (c), Bangladesh (c), Sri Lanka (c), Fiji (c), USA (c) (Florida (c), Georgia (c), North Carolina (c), South Carolina (c)), Guinea (c), Sao Tome (c) as per Catalogue of Life)
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Gordonia obtusa Wall. ex Wight (S. India as per POWO)

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Pyrenaria diospyricarpa var. camelliiflora (Kurz) S. X. Yang (Assam (Nagaland) to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah): Assam, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand as per POWO)
   


Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. (Central Himalaya to S. China and W. & Central Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)

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Schima wallichii var. khasiana (Dyer) Bloem. (China (Yunnan), SE-Tibet, N-Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing, Shan), India (Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya) as per Catalogue of Life)

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BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (A.S.Chauhan, T.K.Paul):

  Pyrenaria Blume                     
  Schima Reinw. ex Blume                     
  Adinandra Jack (Now under Pentaphylacaceae)                     

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Theaceae is now with comparative images:
Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎‎ Theaceae are now with comparative images. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India.
May I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this family (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified/ wrongly identified images, it will be really nice.


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