Chinka Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang

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Id：ICR-2678

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1699

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Chinka'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

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Chimuka Ichijima, Kenkichi, ed., 1906, Kokon Yōrankō, vol.310. Reprint of Yashiro Kōken, 1841.Different reading for Chinka.

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» English Description

Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1968, pl. 139, 182, 468: Large, semi-double with 2-3 rows of imbricated outer petals and a centre of a few petaloids and stamens. Colour white with some red streaks. Originated in Japan. Shirai-Bunko,1789, Shoshiki Hanagatachō describes a variety of this name as stamens intermixed with centre petals. This may be the same as the above Chinka.(Believed extinct.)

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