The Camellia (Camellia) are a genus of the family Theaceae (Theaceae). The original name by Linnaeus in honor of Father George Joseph Camel, the C. japonica brought to Manila from Spain.
Description
Camellias are evergreen trees or shrubs. The alternate and spirally arranged on the branches, leaves are leathery and easily. Usually a leaf stalk is present, the margin is usually serrate, rarely smooth, stipules.
The hermaphroditic flowers are single or a maximum of three in the leaf axils. Flower stalks are of medium or missing. There are two or more bracts, that are obsolete or permanent and can be difficult to distinguish from the sepals. The most often five or six to ten petals are fused at their base weak. The usually five to eight (rarely up to twelve) are petals at the base, more or less deformed. The numerous stamens are in two to six circles. The outermost stamen circle has grown to its lower half to the petals, the stamens may be united into a tube, the anthers are more or less in their approach attached to the filaments. Oberständig The ovary is three to fünffächrig, with one or two, seldom to ten ovules per carpel. The style is simple or branched, or consists of unverwachsenen style branches.
In the fruit capsule, the cup will remain on fruit set, he rarely falls. The seeds are almost round and no wings. The embryo is straight. The fleshy, semicircular cotyledons contain much oil.
Distribution
The genus is restricted to eastern Asia and spread to Indomalesien. Center of biodiversity is southern China.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamelien
See Also: Sending Flowers, Online Florist
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