Acer pictum ICNCP Name: 'Tokiwa-nishiki'

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ICNCP Name: 'Tokiwa-nishiki'

Formerly 'Tokiwa nishiki'

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):

5a to 8b

常盤錦, Tokiwa-nishiki, means "Brocade of Tokiwa" literally, but metaphorically "Endless Brocade." Although it is possible that the plant is named after Tokiwa-cho, in Kashihara, Nara, the spelling has another sense: evergreen, or perpetual. It is likely in this more metaphorical usage that Tokiwa often appears, and from the earliest recorded dates, e.g. Tokiwa-yama, (under Tokiwa) "Eternal Mountain." (ED) Tokiwa-nishiki (Esveld)

Date of Origin if known:

1882

Origin if known:

Sekihin Binran

Yano

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