Id：ICR-4341
Country：France
Year Published/Registered：1845
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Duca di Litta'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
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Duc de Letta
da Silva, 1880, Forcing Varieties of Camellias in Oporto, p.8. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
Duc de Litta
Alex Verschaffelt, 1846, Catalogue, p.53. Morren, 1848, Annales de Gand, 4:290. Orthographic variant for Duca di Litta.
Duc de Litte
Veitch, James Jr, 1853, Catalogue of Select Stove Plants…, p.13. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
Duc de Lytta
Morren, 1848, Annales de Gand, 1:186, pl.17 as ‘Littae’ or ‘Duc de Lytta’. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
Duc Litta
Oudin, Lisieux Nursery Catalogue, 1844, p.10. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
Duca de Litta
Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.62. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
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Duca Litta
Burdin Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1845, p.42. Orthographic variant for Duca di Litta.
Dux Litta
Charles Van Geert Catalogue, 1846, p.66. Synonym for Duca di Litta.
Littae.
Morren, 1845, Annals de Gand, 1:185; pl.17 facing p.185. Synonym for Duca di Litta.
Lytta.
Morren Catalogue, 1845. Orthographic error for Duca di Litta.
Zighsii
Anonymous, 1845, Annales de Gand, 1:186. Synonym for Duca di Litta.
» English Description
Oudin, Lisieux Nursery Catalogue, 1845-1846, p.43: Imbricated, very full double, very dark red, blotched and streaked with white. Morren, 1845, Annales de Gand, I, p.186, pl.17: As ‘Littae’ or ‘Duc de Lytta’. (Casoretti of Disio, pres. de Milan) Introduced by Verschaffelt in 1844. Originated by Casoretti. Van Houtte Catalogue, 1845-1846, 23:4: Imbricated. Very double. Beautiful deep carmine red, blotched or streaked with white. Berlèse, 1849, Annales de la Société Central d’Horticulture de France, vol.40, p.227 as ‘Duc de Litta’: Flower formal double, 10 cm diameter, of a deep, velvety, orange-red carmine, marked with lines and bands of white. Petals ample, loosely displayed, some notched, others entire; those at the centre, margined or flamed with white. Synonyms: ‘Littae’, ‘Dux Littae’, ‘Zighsii’. Orthographic variants: ‘Duc de Litta’, ‘Duca Litta’, ‘Duca di Litta’. Orthographic errors: ‘Duc de Letta’, ‘Duc de Lytta’, ‘Duc de Litte’.
