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Camellia petelotii
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Camellia petelotii

Camellia petelotii is a species of plant in the family Theaceae. It is found in China (endemic in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China) and Vietnam. It is known as the golden camellia for its distinctive yellow blossoms. Synonyms include C. chrysantha and Camellia nitidissima. The golden camellia originated 170 million years ago, and is a first-class nationally protected plant in China. The golden camellia is extremely demanding on the growth environment, its genes...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 880434.