obviously differed when pigment was the determining factor.
However, these species have similar morphological aspects.
Cluster B included 16 species that formed two large sub-clus-
ters. C. hongkongensis was located at a very distant position from
the other 15 species, which is due to its Dp content. C. hozanensis
clustered first with the typical Japanese species, C. japonica, and
next with C. chekiangoleosa, which suggests that they are in a close
taxon that contains a lower proportion of acylated anthocyanins
with a monoglycoside (3-O-b-glucose and 3-O-b-galactose). C.
semiserrata clustered with the taxon of Camellia polyodonta; how-
ever, the sub-cluster shows resemblance to Camellia xylocarpa
and Camellia velutina, which are located alongside the Nujiang Riv-
er in Yunnan Province, West China, far from the eastern region of
China. Because these species contain a high amount of the 3G type
anthocyanin and a lower amount of acyl groups, they should clus-
ter with the C. polyodonta taxon. However, because they include
xylosyl groups, the possibility that C. xylocarpa and C. velutina are
from the C. reticulata taxon does not contradict data provided by
the morphological investigation.