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Acer
tataricum
ICNCP Name: 'Yū-zuki-nishiki'

Formerly 'Yûzuki 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.

Synonym for: Karakogi kaede ki fuiri
Japanese Maple Classification: 

Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):

3 to 8
夕月錦, Yū-zuki-nishiki , meaning "Brocade of the Evening Moon." This is currently a synonym, but it should be reversed with Karakogi-kaede-ki-fuiri, accepting Yano's synonymy. Note yū-zuki, though a compound word, is explicitly hyphenated in Kenkyusha 4th ed. (ED)

Date of Origin if known:

Origin if known:

Vertrees/Yano

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