Acer rufinerve ICNCP Name: 'Yakushima-nishiki'

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ICNCP Name: 'Yakushima-nishiki'

Formerly 'Yakushima 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):

5 to 9

屋久島錦, Yakushima-nishiki, means "Yakushima Brocade", referring to the heavily forested island of Yakushima. While the maples on this sub-tropical island are not the usual Section Palmata that we associate with kōyō, autumn colors, the Snakebark maples -- Section Macrantha -- are well represented there, with Acers rufinerve, morifolium, capillipes and others giving a lively, if less flamboyant exhibition. Yakushima Brocade probably speaks to this tapestry of yellows, golds, scattered in with the reds or oranges, of the beautiful autumn on the island paths. Yakushima Island is a UNESCO Word Heritage Site. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Nakajima

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