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Parksii

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Id:ICR-14733

CountryChina

Year Published/Registered1830

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Parksii'

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Parcksii Striped  Berlèse, 1837, Monographie ed.1, p.84. Orthographic error for ‘Parksii Striped’, synonym for Parksii.

Parcksii  Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, pl.149. Orthographic error for Parksii.

Parckstriped  Trillon, Le Mans Nursery Catalogue, 1843, p.8. Orthographic error for ‘Park’s Striped’, synonym for Parksii.

Park's Rose Stripe  P., 1837, Magazine of Botany & Gardening, 3:154. Synonym for Parksii.

Park's Rose-striped  Marnock, 1839, Floral Magazine, 3(32):208. Synonym for Parksii.

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Description

» English Description

Loddiges Catalogue, 1830, p.22; Booth, 1830, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 7:556: Named for John Dampier Parks, a collector for the London Horticultural Society for whom it was imported by him from China in 1824. Strongly reticulated, thin, round leaves. Flowers, 10 cm across, the outer petals large, about 5 cm in diameter, slightly cordate. Centre petals erect and irregular, many of them twisted and disposed similarly to Variegata, making the flowers confused in the centre with a few imperfect stamens. Fragrant, pale to deep cerise, irregularly blotched or striped white. Synonyms: ‘Park’s Striped’. ‘Park’s Rose Striped’, ‘Park’s Striped Rose’, ‘Parksii Striped’, ‘Rosa Odorata’, ‘Striped Park’s’, ‘Rosea Odorata’. Orthographic errors: ‘Parckstriped’, ‘Parkii’. ‘Parcksii Vera’, ‘Parcksii Stripes’.

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