http : / / www . springerlink . com / content / j 0767103 t 032 q 038 / http : / / www . springerlink . com / content / j 0767103 t 032 q 038 / fulltext . pdfBiodiversity and Conservation 12 : 1145 –- 1156 , 2003 .  2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers . Printed in the Netherlands . Table 2 . Species and distribution of wild tea ( Sect . Thea , Camellia ) . Species / variety name Distribution area Altitude ( m ) and habitatC . costata China : SE Guizhou , NW Guangdong , N and E Guangxi 700 –- 1100 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . crassicolumna var . crassicolumna China : SE Yunnan 1300 –- 2300 , evergreen broadleaf forest var . multiplex China : SE Yunnan 1900 –- 2210 , evergreen broadleaf forest var . shangbaensis China : S Yunnan 2450 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . fangchengensis China : S Guangxi 320 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . grandibracteata China : W Yunnan 1750 –- 1850 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . gymnogyma var . gymnogyma China : SE Yunnan , SW Guangxi , S Guizhou 1000 –- 1600 , broadleaf forest or scrub var . remotiserrata China : NE Yunnan , N Guizhou , S Sichuan 920 –- 1350 , china fir forest or broadleaf forestC . kwangsiensis var . kwangnanensis China : SE Yunnan 1550 –- 1850 , broadleaf forest var . kwangsiensis China : SE Yunnan , W Guangxi 1500 –- 1900 , broadleaf forestC . leptophylla China : S Guangxi 220 –- 850 , scrubC . petilophylla China : Guangdong , S Hunan 270 –- 480 , sparse forest or scrubC . purpurea China : SE Yunnan 1500 –- 2200 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . sinensis var . assamica China : Yunnan , Guizhou , Gaungxi , Hainan ; Vietnam ; 100 –- 1500 , evergreen broadleaf forest Laos ; Thailand ; Myanmar ; NE India var . dehungensis China : S Yunnan , SW Yunnan 1000 –- 1600 , under forest or scrub var . pubilimba China : SE Yunnan , Guangxi , W Guangdong , Hainan 240 –- 1450 , broadleaf forest var . sinensis China : S China , SE Tibet ; S Japan ; N Myanmar 130 –- 200 , sparse forest or scrubC . tachangensis China : E Yunnan , SW Guizhou , W Guangxi 1500 –- 2250 , evergreen broadleaf forestC . taliensis China : W Yunnan 1300 –- 2700 , sparse forest / scrub