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Id:ICR-1227
Country:United Kingdom
Year Published/Registered:1839
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Beck's Conspicua'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Beack's Conspicua
Baumann, Mulhouse Catalogue, 1841-1842, p.13. Orthographic error for Beck’s Conspicua.
Beek's Conspicua
van Houtte, Catalogue, 1839-1840. Orthographic error for Beck’s Conspicua.
Buck's Conspicua
Verschaffelt Catalogue, 1844-1845, p.23. Synonym for Beck’s Conspicua.
Buckii Conspicua
Seidel, 1846, Pflanzen Catalog, p.6. Orthographic error for Beck’s Conspicua.
Buk's Conspicua
Verschaffelt, 1844, Catalogue No.50, p.18. Orthographic error for Beck’s Conspicua.
Conspicua de Beck
Porcher, 1847, Revue Horticole, ser.3, vol.1, p.448. Synonym for Beck’s Conspicua.
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Imperatix (Beck's)
van Houtte Catalogue, 1844-1845, 18:13, as 'Imperatrix (Buyk's). Synonym for Beck's Conspicua.
Imperatrice (Buych)
van Houtte Catalogue, 1846-1847, 27:26. Orthographic error for 'Imperatrice' (Beck's), synonym for Beck's Conspicua.
Imperatrix (Buyk's)
van Houtte Catalogue, 1844-1845, 18:13. Orthographic error for 'Imperatrix'(Beck's), synonym for Beck's Conspicua.
» English Description
van Houtte Catalogue, 1839, p.1; Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, p.110, 228: Plant habit vigorous with dull green leaves, 10 cm long by 5.4 cm wide, long-oval, sharply acuminate, prominent venation, crenulated margins; buds, large, long pointed with whitish scales. Flower, 10 cm across, double, cherry-red; petals in 4-5 rows, 5 cm across, almost round, slightly notched, regularly imbricated with veins of carmine; in the centre a few upright fertile stamens. Jacquin, Paris, Catalogue, 1845, p.12: Double, transparent pink, veined, edges of petals streaked white. Orthographic errors: ‘Buck’s Conspicua’, ‘Beek’s Conspicua’, ‘Beack’s Conspicua’, ‘Buyck Conspicua’, ‘Conspicua de Beck’, ‘Buckii Conspiua’. Synonym: ‘Imperatrix’(Beck’s). . Has been confused with Conspicua de Loddiges. Originated in England.