翻阅一些资料,发现将「蜡梅」作「腊梅」者很是普遍,甚或将蜡梅与梅花等同者.中国是蜡梅的故乡。世界上目前已知的蜡梅有两个属,一在北美(主要是少量的夏蜡梅);一在中国。按植物学分类划分,蜡梅属蜡梅科。《辞海》,关于「蜡」条的释文中有「淡黄如蜡的 Looking through some data, it was found that it is common for people to use “Calmia plum” as “Plum Blossom”. They may even equate it with plum blossom. China is the hometown of Chinese waxberry. There are two genera of waxweed currently known in the world, one in North America (mainly a small amount of summer waxberry) and one in China. Classified by botanical classification, Chrysanthemiaceae belongs to the family Waxaceae. In “Ci Hai”, the interpretation of the “wax” article includes “pale yellow like wax.”