Camellia chrysantha

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	THEALES	THEACEAE

Scientific Name:	Camellia chrysantha
Species Authority:	(Hu) Tuyama
Synonym/s:	Theopsis chrysantha Hu

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	South-west Guangxi extending into Viet Nam.
Countries:	Native: China (Guangxi); Viet Nam
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A shrub or small tree restricted to wet areas of forest below 500 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Subpopulations continue to be threatened by overcollection of seedlings and habitat disturbance.

Major Threat(s):

Subpopulations continue to be threatened by overcollection of seedlings and habitat disturbance.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Subpopulations are given formal protection over much of the range in China. The species was included in Appendix II of CITES in 1985 and deleted from the Appendix in 1997.

Conservation Actions:

Subpopulations are given formal protection over much of the range in China. The species was included in Appendix II of CITES in 1985 and deleted from the Appendix in 1997.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Camellia chrysantha. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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