Acer palmatum 'Ryû un kaku'

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Acer

palmatum

ICNCP Name: 'Ryū-un-kaku'

Formerly 'Ryû un kaku'

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):

5 to 9

竜雲閣, Ryū-un-kaku, means "Cloud-dragon's Palace." "un" is the on'yomi reading for the more well-known kun'yomi (Native Japanese reading) kumi. It as a marvelously evocative name, and Nakajima hints that it is "Cloud-dragon" rather than "Cloud-palace" by hyphenating ryū-un in his rōmaji, a highly unusual practice for him. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1973

Origin if known:

Nakajima

Information Source:

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