【摘要】 本文提出了山茶属两个亚属、１４组和１１９种的系统大纲。这个大纲支持建立亚属的分类等级，归并了张宏达（ＨＴＣｈａｎｇ，１９８１－１９９６）系统中的两个亚属和９个组，取消了“亚组”和“系”的分类等级，界定了亚属和组的概念和范围，将已合格发表的３００余种的名称订正归并为１１９种更多还原

【Abstract】 The genus Camellia is only distributed in the Eastern Asia and contained a lot of important economic plants. So far about 300 species have validly been published and have never been completely revised. Since 1989 the author has been closely involved with the revision of system and species of this genus. Linnaeus(1753)described 2 genera and 2 species( Camellia japonica L. and Thea sinensis L.). Dyer(1874)reduced 2 sections under genus Camellia . After a synopsis of genus Camellia published by Cohen Stuart(1916),the number of species was raised to 38. Mechior(1925) divided Camellia into 3 genera( Piquetia, Stereocarpus and Camellia ), in which genus Camellia included 5 sections(Eriandria, Calpandria, Eucamellia, Theopsis and Thea)and about 50 species. Nakai(1940)divided Camellia to 4 genera( Camellia, Camelliastrum, Thea and Theopsis )and about 59 species. J. R. Sealy(1958)reduced the above mentioned genera to genus Camellia and presented a taxonomic system of 12 sections and 82 species for the first time. After then, Prof. H. T Chang(1981～1996)published a new system of Camellia including 4 subgenera, 22 sections and about 300 species. On the basis of the above mentioned two systems, a new systematic synopsis of 2 subgenera, 14 sections and about 119 species are presented here. Sealy’s 6 sections and Chang’s 2 subgenera and 2 sections are recognized. The synopsis with appropriate synonym including Sealy’s 1 section and Chang’s 2 subgenera, 9 sections as well as about 190 species are reduced together with necessary nomenclature changes. The present synopsis will provide a framework for discussing the taxonomic implications of recent research of Camellias . The full results will be presented in the Monograph of genus Camellia .更多还原