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Imperator

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Id:ICR-8210

CountryFrance

Year Published/Registered1858

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Imperator'

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Big Daddy  Mark S. Cannon Scion Catalogue, 1963-1964, p.2. Synonym for Imperator.

Corri Delle  Hazlewood & Jessep,1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.49. Synonym for Imperator.

Emperator  Wilmot, Camellia Variety Classification Report, 1944, p.5. Orthographic error for Imperator.

French Imperator  Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1947-1948, p.30. Synonym for ‘Imperator'.

Imperator (France)  SCCS.,1951, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for Imperator.

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Medici Spada,1858, Delle Nuove Camellie...dalle Semine Romane, p.6. No description. van Houtte Catalogue, 1858, 72:15: Peony form, very large, brilliant red with flesh pink spots. Early flowering. Originated in Italy by Delgrande, Rome. There has been confusion in America where two other camellias were distributed under the same name so that the names Imperator (France), and Imperator (US) are used to distinguish them. Orthographic error: 'Imperatore'. Synonyms: 'Corrie Belle', 'Imperator' (France), 'Big Daddy'. Sport: Imperator Variegated. See p.104, Hertrich, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens,vol.III,1959, for illustration.

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