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Contessa Caraccioli Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-3244

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1842

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Contessa Caraccioli'

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Comtessa Caraccioli  van Houtte Catalogue, 1842, 9:51. Orthographic error for Contessa Caraccioli.

Comtesse Caraccioli  Catalogue des plantes la Royale Société d’Horticulture Belgique, 1842. Orthographic variant for Contessa Caraccioli.

Comtesse Carractioli  Verschaffelt Catalogue, No.50, 1844, p.19. Orthographic error for Contessa Caraccioli.

Comtesse Carractioli de Milan  Verschaffelt, 1844, Catalogue No.50, p.55. Joseph Baumann, 1849, Prix Courant, p.4. Orthographic error for ‘Comtesse Carraccioli de Milan’, synonym for Contessa Caraccioli.

Contessa Caracciolo  Burdin Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1856. Orthographic error for Contessa Caraccioli.

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van Houtte Catalogue, 1842, 9:9 as ‘Comtessa Caraccioli’. No description. As the orthography is neither French or Italian, the Italian orthography is selected as valid as the cultivar originated in Italy. Orthographic variant: ‘Comtesse Caraccioli’, ‘Contessa Caracciolo’. Orthographic errors: ‘Comtesse Carractioli’, ‘Comtessa Carractioli of Milan’, ‘Contesse Caractioli’.(Believed extinct.)

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