Acer palmatum 'Koto ito komachi'

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palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Koto ito komachi'

Formerly 'Koto ito komachi'

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:

Linearilobum Group

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9

registered trademark cultivar name, American origin. (Kotoito komachi, for Dick van der Maat) It is a curious name, while Ono no Komachi, the great poet, was so famed for her beauty that "Komachi" came to mean "beauty" in the vernacular, "Beautiful Koto Strings", or "Ono no Komachi's Koto Strings" is difficult to parse. Normally "Komachi", a name, would be capitalized. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1973

Origin if known:

Vertrees

Vertrees/Yano

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