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ICNCP Name: 'Ō-shio-beni'

Formerly 'Oshio beni'

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
Oshio-beni(Hilliers Man 2014). In Vertrees 1st ed., the author states that he finds no historical record for the name and it may be diluted. In the 3th ed., Gregory adds that the name appears in the Yokohama nursery list of 1898. The only recording of this comes from the papers of Prof. Yukoi, who presumably communicated with Gregory. There is no recorded Kanji or even Hiragana for the name, which Gregory reports as translating to "Large Red Tide", although in this sense large and great (also the honorific ō) may be interchangeable. Although the lighter orange-red color of the tree might point to an association with "red tide" as in an oceanic algal bloom, thr rōmaji for that phenomenon is Akashoo. Therefore we are presented with 3 separate words, and the compliant name must be Ō-shio-beni. It is worth mentioning that 1898 saw several confusing and contradictory "English Language" introductions. (ED)

Oshio beni is a red upright with leaves that are more orange than red. These fade to bronzed red in heat of summer. The fall color is a garnet red. It has excellent wide branching, forming a tree as wide as it is tall around 18'. (Red press) (DSN)

Date of Origin if known:

1898
Origin if known:
Yokohama

Krüssmann

Information Source:

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