Hikarugenji

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Id：ICR-7425

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1859

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Hikarugenji'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

Chinese Name：光源氏

Japanese Name：光源氏ひかるげんじ

Meaning：Brilliant Genji

Synonym：

Brilliant Genji Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.56. Synonym for Hikarugenji.

Egret FN Griffiths Jr., 1952, American Camellia Yearbook, p.39: The seventh sport of Hikarugenji is a self-white variation and must not be confused with the new seedling from Georgia, ‘Egret FN’. This name has not been validly published.

Fragrant Camellia Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.82. Synonym for Hikarugenji.

Guangyuanshi Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.55, No.362, colour photo No.220. Chinese synonym for Hikarugenji.

H. Guichard Torsanlorenzo Catalogue, 1984-1985. Abbreviation for ‘Souvenir de Henri Guichard’, synonym for Hikarugenji.

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» English Description

Kusuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Cho [before 1867], Chinkafu, Illustration p.21; Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: “Pink, edges white, Large”. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.25, p.52; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.379, p.193, description, p.202: Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, cuneated at the base, long acuminate apex, obscurely crenate on margins. Petioles glabrous. Flowers of peony type, dark rosy (Crimson 22/1), broadly margined white, with a few streaks of deeper crimson reaching to petal edge and a veining of deeper crimson in the coloured area of the petals. Petals often numerous, exposing irregularly scattered stamens. Flowers mid-season to late. Synonyms: ‘Herme’, ‘Souvenir de Henri Guichard’, Jordan’s Pride’, ‘Longview Number 56’. Corruption of the Japanese name: ‘Hikara-genji’, ‘Hikari-gengi’, ‘Hikarigenzi’, ‘Hikarugeni’, ‘Hikaru-genzi’, ‘Hikarigenji’. The cultivars Genji, Yaegenji and Genji-awase, which have sometimes been regarded as equivalent to Hikarugenji, are each separate and distinct cultivars. The transliteration Hikarugenji was first published in the 1891 catalogue of the Yohohama’s Gardeners Association. For other forms of this cultivar see: Benibotan, Lookaway, Hikarugenji-yokomoku, Colonial Lady, Orchid Pink, Egret, Quaintance, Spring Sonnet, The Mikado, Genji-shibori, White Surprise. Originated in the Kantō area, Japan. Colour photos and descriptions see: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.123, 242; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.358, p.345. Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.126; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.56. Chinese synonyms: ‘Huahemu’ & ‘Guangyuangshi’.

» Chinese Description

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第115页。日本江户一带。花红色，有深红色条纹，边缘有一条白色宽边，牡丹型，大型花，外轮大花瓣宽圆形，中部花瓣半直立，呈波浪状，花心有簇状的黄色雄蕊，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，狭椭圆形至椭圆形，光亮，植株立性，生长旺盛。花期中至晚

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.124.

Hikarugenji 光源氏(Brilliant Genji)。(C. japonica)红山茶。1859，日本关东。半重瓣〜牡丹、淡粉底、深红色脉纹、红纵纹、白覆轮、散蕊、大轮(10 x 5cm)、花期1〜3月，树性直立、长势中等。同种异名：Herme (何美、河马、花赫姆），Jordan's Pride、Longview Number 56、Souvenir de Henri Guichard。突变种：Benibotan (红牡丹）、Genji-shibori (源氏绞）、Look-Away、Quaintance、Colonial Lady、The Mikado、Egret。花名：优秀的源氏(源氏是日本古代的族姓）。

Hikarugenji (光源氏)一新竹市茶花产销班目录，2002-2006, p.43, No.521.

» Japanese Description

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.345.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著ｐ.215.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.193.　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.378. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.208.【花】淡紅地に紅の縦絞りや白覆輪が入る牡丹咲き、散しベ、大輪、3〜 4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】立性。【来歴】1859年の「椿伊呂波名寄色附」に載る。写/桐野、文/編集委員会。

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