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ICNCP Name: 'Kegon'

Formerly 'Kegon'

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: 
Atropurpureum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9
華厳, Kegon, most immediately means "Slendor of Flowers" or "Flower Garland." However the name is inseparable from the Kegon-kyō, 華厳経 the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sutra, an influential Sutra from Mahayana Buddhist scripture. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1992
Origin if known:

Yano

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