山茶花中的齿瓣品科,是引人注目的特点是花瓣边缘带有深而均匀的锯齿。初开放时酷似香石竹花,盛开后硕大的齿状花瓣格外醒目,再加上艳丽的色彩,奇特而迷人,深受山茶爱好者青睐。自从西方在1913年发现第一个齿瓣品种突变“佛蕾德”(Fred Sander)以来,茶花育种工作者和山茶花爱好者一直为培育出更多的齿瓣型品种进行着不懈努力。但据初步统计,齿瓣性状已经固定下来的品种全世界目前只有36个,这与当今世界上的近8000个其它类型的茶花品种相比,不能不说是极其珍稀了。这36个齿瓣品种中,美 The petals of camellia are remarkably characterized by deep and even serrations on the edges of the petals. Early opening resembles carnation flowers, after the bloom huge tooth-shaped petals particularly eye-catching, coupled with bright colors, peculiar and fascinating, favored by camellia enthusiasts. Since the West discovered the first mutagenesis of the tooth flanks in 1913, “Fred Sander,” Camellia breeders and camellia enthusiasts have worked tirelessly to cultivate more petals. However, according to preliminary statistics, there are only 36 species in the world that have fixed tooth tracts, which is extremely rare compared with nearly 8,000 other types of Camellia species in the world today. This 36 tooth flank varieties, the United States