Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Theaceae
Genus
Polyspora Sweet ex G.Don
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Polyspora axillaris (Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.) Sweet ex G.Don (1825)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Camellia axillaris Roxb. ex Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4, pl. 349, + next 2 pp (1818)
  • ≡ Gordonia axillaris (Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.) Endl., Cat. Horti Vindob. 2, 365 (1842)
Vernacular Name(s):
da tou cha; fried egg plant; gordonia
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Endlicher, S.F.L.: Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis. Vol. 2. Gerod, Vienna.
Ker-Gawler, J.B. 1819: Camellia axillaris. In: Edwards, S.T. (ed.) The Botanical Register; consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants cultivated in British gardens; with their history and mode of treatment. London. Vol. 4. Ridgway, London. Pl. 349–following 2 pp.
Ogle, C.C.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Parris, B.S.; Champion, P.D. 2021: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2007–2019. Perspectives in Biosecurity Research Series 5: 45–116.
Wilcox, M.D. 2012: Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 29: [1]–[348].