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ICNCP Name: 'Tōgen-kyō'

Formerly 'Togen kyo'

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
桃源郷, means "Shangri-La", the earthly paradise. Kenkyusha provides that this rōmaji must be hyphenated in order to be grammatically correct. They also use a different final character, writing 桃源境, an alternate spelling but still based on the same source, Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring from 421 CE. The Checklist 1st ed. incorrectly omitted the macrons on the 'o's. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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