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Acer
palmatum
'Shinofu'

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.

Synonym for: Shinobu
Japanese Maple Classification: 

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

5 to 9
Nakajima made this synonym, though it was missing from the Checklist 1st ed. It is clearly just a case of an archaic pronunciation without the rendaku, or consonant change, in this case from f to b. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

1739
Origin if known:

Nakajima

Information Source:

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