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Decus Italicum

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Id:ICR-3769

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1841

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Decus Italicum'

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Deceus Italicus  Hovey & Co. Catalogue, 1846, p.6. Orthographic error for Decus Italicum.

Decus  Anonymous, 1846, Gardeners’ Chronicle (13):206. Abbreviation for Decus Italicum.

Decus Italiae  Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, Index with reference to pl.288. Orthographic error for Decus Italicum.

Decus Italicus  Trillon, 1843, Catalogue, p.4. Orthographic variant for Decus Italicum.

Decusitalicum  Leroy, Louis, 1893, Catalogue, p.100. Orthographic variant for Decus Italicum.

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Description

» English Description

van Houtte Catalogue, 1841, 7:6. No description. 1842, 9:9: Imbricated form. Flower white. Most beautiful. Del Lungo e Girardi, 1928, Le Camelie, p.90: Full white flowers, first row of outer petals rounded, others elongated but symmetrically arranged. Synonyms: ‘Gloire d’Italie’, ‘Gloria Italica’, ‘Gloria d’Italia’. Orthographic variant: ‘Decus Italicus’. Orthographic errors: ‘Deceus Italicus’, ‘Decusitalicum’, ‘Decus Italiae’. Abbreviation: ‘Decus’. Originated in Italy by Mariani.

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