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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1956

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Gessekai'

Chinese Name:月世界

Japanese Name:月世界 げっせかい

Meaning:Lunar World

Synonym

Getsusekai  Watanabe, 1960, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū No.1, p.53, as ‘Getsu-sekai’.Different reading for Gessekai.

The Lunar World  Camellias, Y.C. Shen, 2009, p.60 with colour photo; Synonym for Gessekai.

Tsukisekai  Satomi, 1956, Camellia Varieties of Japan, p.17.Different reading for Gessekai.

Tsukisekai  (The Lunar World). (C.rusticana). Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.168 with colour photo; English translation p.116. Medium size, red, sake cup-shaped single, rusticana-type flared stamens. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size, variegated with white or yellow. Upright, weak growth. Selected from wild rusticanas. Named and released by Tsugitarō Nagao in 1960s. From Niigata Prefecture.Different reading for Gessekai. Other reading ‘Getsusekai’.

つきせかい  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.215.

Description

» English Description

Minagawa, 1956, Chinkashū. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.135, p.68, description, p.128: Wild snow camellia type, with leaves variegated yellow-green. Flowers very small with red, incurved petals. Stamens scattered and short. Leaves oblong-­elliptic, venation strongly impressed; petioles 3-5 mm long, very hairy. The whitish-yellow variegation of the leaves is broad and along the margins, extending in between the side veins. Late flowering. Originated in Japan in the Niigata Prefecture. Different readings: ‘Tsukisekai’, ‘Getsusekai’. See colour photo, Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.50.

» Chinese Description

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》,p.107.  月世界(Lunar World)。(C. rusticana)雪茶。1933,日本新泻县。野生雪茶選出。 單瓣、孟狀、红色、雪茶狀蕊、中轮、花期2-3月,白、黃覆轮錦叶,树性猶直立、弱。 不同读音:Tsukisekai、Getsusekai。月世界一陈念舟,1986,杜鹃谷花园目录,p.5. No.66. 

» Japanese Description

ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.50、文/p.232.  日本ツバキ協会. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.168. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.215. 新潟產. [花]紅色、一重、盃状咲き、ユキツバキ状しベ、中輪、3~4月。[葉]長楕円、中形、白、黄の覆葉。[樹]立性、やや弱い。[来歴]野生ユキツバキから選抜、I960年代に長尾次太郎の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/萩屋

Flower

Flower Size8-10 cm

Blooming Season2-3 Month Japan

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