Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Rosales (118)
Family: Theaceae (5)(family description)
Genus: Schima (1)
Epithet: wallichii Choisy (4)
wallichii => in honor of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danish surgeon and botanist who worked in India