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ICNCP Name: 'Yakushima-ō-nishiki'

Formerly 'Yakushima o nishiki'

The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) establishes the rules and regulations for proper naming of plants. When different, the cultivar database displays the correct(ed) ICNCP name, rather than its previous cultivar name.

Japanese Maple Classification: 

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

6
屋久島大錦 Yakushima-ō-nishiki means "Great Brocade of Yakushima." A cultivar from Gifu, it is unclear what relation it has with the island. The leaves are very different, perhaps suggesting hybrid origin, and less variegated than Yakushima-nishiki. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

2001
Origin if known:

Yano

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