茶树品种分类的探讨

陈文怀

Chen Wen-Huai

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1977-05-18 Published:1977-05-18
Contact: Chen Wen-Huai

Abstract:

It is generally accepted that tea plant (Thea sinensis L.) is originated in China,

where has numerous varieties, According to the literature, the selected work of tea

plants may be traced as early as to the 3rd-5th century A.D. The number of varie-

ties discovered in recent years reached more than 300. Besides, a large number of

wild species were discovered. In all tea varieties, the crown canopy, leaf size and

the date of sprouting were different. It was proposed that according to the crown

canopy, leaf size and the date of sprouting. The principle of the classification of

Chinese tea varieties may be 3 orders. The first order named “group”, it contains

macrophanerophyte group, microphanerophyte group, and frutex group. The second

order named “type”, it contains extreme large leaf size, large leaf size, medium leaf

size and small leaf size. The third order named “species”, it contains the early-

sprouting species, medium-sprouting species and late-sprouting species.

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