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Id：ICR-2400
Country：Australia
Year Published/Registered：1849
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Cassandra'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
Chinese Name：卡桑德拉
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Chandleri Magniflora
Camellia Grove Nursery Catalogue, 1944. Synonym for Cassandra.
Chandleri Magnoliiflora
SCCS., 1954, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature, p.34 as ‘Chandlerii Magnoliaeflora’, orthographic error for ‘Chandleri Magniflora’, synonym for Cassandra.
» English Description
Australian Botanical & Horticultural Society Report, 1849 without a description. A seedling raised by Macarthur of Camden Park, N.S.W., Australia. The description from his 1850 notebook is: “Scarlet crimson, four rows of outer petals, inner petals small and crowded with a few white amongst kernel. Pretty flower with few anthers. Very large size. Waterhouse in Camellia Quest, 1947 says: “This description identifies a camellia growing at Camden Park. Its blooms are 12.5 cm in diameter and corresponds to the details given above”. Synonym: ‘Chandleri Magniflora’. See colour photo, p.75, Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias.
