Names of Assam tea: Their priority, typification and nomenclatural notes. Issue 6 (30th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Dongwei; Parnell, John A.N.; Hodkinson, Trevor R.
• Is Part Of: Taxon. Volume 66:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: 1447
• Page End: 1455
• Publication Date: 2017-11-30
• Subjects: Assam tea -- Camellia sinensis var. assamica -- Camellia tenuistipa -- Camellia theifera -- Thea cochinchinensis -- Thea yersinii; Plants -- Classification -- Periodicals; 580.12
• DOI: 10.12705/666.11
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-0262

Abstract

Abstract: Various names have been used for Assam tea and they are typified here. The currently widely used name, Camellia sinensis var. assamica, is a combination based on Thea viridis var. assamica, not " T. assamica " because the latter was never validly published. Two earlier published names, C. theifera and T. cochinchinensis, and two later ones, C. tenuistipa and T. yersinii, may represent the same taxon and are treated as synonyms of T. viridis var. assamica because the latter has priority at the rank of variety and therefore is the correct name for Assam tea.