Id:ICR-3515
Country:United Kingdom
Year Published/Registered:1836
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Cunninghamii'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Cuningham
Trillon, Le Mans, Catalogue, 1843, p.4. Orthographic error for Cunninghamii.
Cuningham Mutabilis
Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. Synonym for Cunninghamii.
Cuninghammi
Berlèse, 1837, Monographie, ed.1, p.132, in index. Orthographic error for Cunninghamii.
Cuninghammi Mutabilis
Berlèse, 1837, Monographie, ed.1, p.121. Synonym for Cunninghamii.
Cunninghamii Mutabilis
Berlèse, 1840, Iconographie, ed.2, p.219-220 as ‘Cunninghami Mutabilis’. Synonym for Cunninghamii.
Mutabilis Cunninghamii
Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.167. Synonym, for Cunninghamii.
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Mutabilis.
Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, vol.II, 1836, p.122 as a synonym for Cunninghamii, a Scottish variety.
» English Description
Paxton, 1836, Magazine of Botany & Register of Flowering Plants, vol.II, p.122 as ‘Cunninghami’, but ‘Cunninghami Mutabilis’ on pl: Flowers bright crimson, striped with white, varying in almost every flower. Petals arranged with great regularity. This camellia was raised by Mr Cunningham of Comely Bank Nursery near Edinburgh, Scotland, from seed of ‘Warratah’ (Anemoniflora) impregnated with the ‘Common Striped’ (Variegata) and named by him ‘Mutabilis’ from the various coloured flowers produced on the same plant. Many of the flowers are striped with pure white while others are entirely a rich crimson. Synonyms: ‘Cunninghamii Mutabilis’, ‘Cuninghammi Mutabilis’, ‘Mutabilis’, ‘Mr. Cunningham’s’. Orthographic errors: ‘Cuninghammi’, ‘Cunongham’.