2017
DOI: 10.12705/666.11
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Names of Assam tea: Their priority, typification and nomenclatural notes

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… Show more

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“…Although Masters described the plant (with what would be a validating description) under the name "Thea Assamica Masters", this cannot be considered a valid publication of the name because, as was noted by Cohen Stuart (1919: 259 f.n. ;Zhao & al., 2017), its author did not consider Assam tea to be specifically distinct from what is now C. sinensis.…”
Section: ■ Names For Assam Teamentioning
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“…Although Masters described the plant (with what would be a validating description) under the name "Thea Assamica Masters", this cannot be considered a valid publication of the name because, as was noted by Cohen Stuart (1919: 259 f.n. ;Zhao & al., 2017), its author did not consider Assam tea to be specifically distinct from what is now C. sinensis.…”
Section: ■ Names For Assam Teamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Valid publication of Thea assamica. -In updating files for Mabberley's Plant-book (Mabberley, 2017), it was noted that Zhao & al. (2017) considered the correct rendering of the name for Assam tea to be Camellia sinensis var.…”
Section: ■ Names For Assam Teamentioning
confidence: 99%
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