Acer pictum ICNCP Name: 'Ura-Nihon'

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Acer

pictum

ICNCP Name: 'Ura-Nihon'

Formerly 'Uranihon'

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

裏日本, Ura-Nihon, means "Hidden Japan." 裏, ura, has many meanings depending on context, "underside", "back", "opposite side", "behind" or indeed that adopted here "Hidden side." For a maple specialist studying and naming cultivars of Acer pictum, "Hidden Japan" almost certainly refers to the trails and byways, rarely seen even by locals, where plant explorers venture in search of undiluted species and unusual specimens. This applies even more with the various endemic species of Japan which largely hybridize freely and frequently. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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