Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 42

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-COMMON_NAMES-Rose Camellia
-GENUS-Camellia
-SPECIES-Camellia japonica
-CLASS-Monadelphia
-ORDER-Polyandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Camellia
-MODERN_SPECIES-Camellia japonica
-MODERN_FAMILY-Theaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-shrub or tree 
-COLOR-red
-SEASON-late autumn - spring
-NATIVE_REGION-Liu Kiu Island, Japan, Korea, China
-ZONE-8

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-2
-PUB_DATE-1788
-REISSUED-1796
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0039.PCD