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Kōsha Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-10053

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1695

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kōsha'

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Synonym

Beniguruma  (Red Carriage), Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki.Different reading for Kōsha.

Kokōsha  Watanabe, 1970, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.10, p.140 as ‘Ko-kōsya’ . Synonym: ‘Beniguruma’.

Kokōsya  Different reading for ‘Kokōsha’. Synonym for Kōsha.

Description

» English Description

Itō Ihei, 1695, Kadan Chikinshō: Large size, red, single; opens flat; centre petals half erect; Yashiro, 1842, Kokon Yōrankō & Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859 read this as ‘Beniguruma’. Originated in Japan. (Believed extinct.)

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Blooming Season Japan

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