Beni-botan

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki in peony form section. Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: Large, red peony form. The self red sport of Hikarugenji. See colour photos p.56, Macoboy, The Dictionary of Camellias in Colour, 1981. and p.93, Adachi, 1960, Camellia. Its Appreciation and Artistic Arrangement. See also, under the differ­ent reading ‘Kōbotan’ in the following publications: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.26. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.l84. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.171. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1978, Senchinshū, p.53. Synonyms: ‘Batista’, ‘Harmonious’, ‘Majes­tic’, ‘Radiant Glow’, ‘Rosy Dawn’, ‘Wings’, ‘Herme Sport No.l’, ‘Herme Red’, ‘Herme Rose’, ‘Pink Herme’, ‘Red Herme’, ‘Hikarugenji Pink’, ‘Hikaru Pink’, ‘Hikaru Rose’, ‘Hikarugenji Rosea’, ‘Pink Hikarugenji’, ‘Hikarugenji-aka’, ‘Pink Jordan’s Pride’, ‘Red Jordan’s Pride’. ‘Powell’s Pink’, ‘Hermi Pink’, ‘Hermi Red’, ‘Hermi Red Rose’, ‘Herme Pink’, ‘Majestic’, ‘Jor­dan’s Pride Red’, ‘Hikarugenji Red’. Originated in Japan. In Japan this cultivar is more gener­ally known by the different reading ‘Kōbotan’.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.25.

Benibotan    红牡丹(Red Peony)。 （C. japonica)红山茶。1859，日本关东。Hikarugenji (光源氏) 的红色枝变种。半重瓣〜牡丹、大轮(10 x 5cm)、花期1〜3月。不同读音：Kōbotan。

别名:Bastita、Harmonious、Herme Pink、Herme Red、Herme Rose、Herme Sport No.1、Hikaru Pink、Hikaru Rose、Hikarugenji-Aka、Hikarugenji Pink、Hikarugenji Red、Hikarugenji Rosea、Jordan's Pride Red、Majestic、Pink Herme、Pink Hikarugenji、Pink Jordan's Pride、Powell's Pink、 Radiant Glow、Red Herme、Red Jordan's Pride、Rosy Down、Wings 。

Benibotan (粉姬)一新竹市茶花产销班目录，2002-2006, p.49, B46.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.316.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.214.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.92. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.124. 埼玉產. [花]紫味ある暗紅色、牡丹咲き、大輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、中形、先が鋭く尖りわずかに波曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]光源氏の枝変り、1879年の「椿花集」に記載。写/村内、文/編集委員会