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Id：ICR-17727
Country：United States
Year Published/Registered：1953
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Shiro Chan'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
Chinese Name：小白
Japanese Name：
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Synonym：
C. M. Wilson White
New Orleans Show Report, 1958. Synonym for Shiro Chan.
Chandleri Alba
SCCS, 1947, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for Shiro Chan.
Chandleri Alba (1)
Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. White form of Elegans, synonym for Shiro Chan.
Chiro-chan
Domoto Nursery Price List, 1954-1955. Orthographic error for Shiro Chan.
San Rafael White
Camellia Digest, 1(1), 1942. Synonym for Shiro Chan.
Shechan
Gao, Jiyin, Ltr. 30 July 1990. Chinese synonym of the USA C.japonica mutant Shiro Chan.
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Shiro Shan
W.C. Wicks Ltd Nursery Catalogue, 1967, p.9. Orthographic error for Shiro Chan.
White Chandleri Elegans
Portland Camellia Nursery Camellia Catalogue, 1947-1948. Synonym for ‘Chandleri White’. However Shiro Chan is in such universal use for this cultivar that it is let stand as the valid name.
White Elegans
Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1943-1944, p.26, 29. A Plant Patent No.1300 was granted 7 Sept.1954 to Paul E. Shepp, Pasadena, originator. Renamed Snow Chan. Regarding the confusion surrounding the white sports in the Elegans group of cultivars, see discussion under Shiro Chan.
舍婵
高继银，1998,世界名贵茶花,p.82, No.5.
白雪烟云
茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.23/28, No.519.
» English Description
Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue: White. Incomplete double. Midseason. American Camellia Yearbook, 1954, p.332, Reg. No.209: A 3 year old sport of C.M. Wilson that first flowered 1950. Originated by Toichi Domoto, Hayward, California, USA. Plant type and growth are the same as for Elegans. Flower incomplete double anemome form, similar to Elegans. Colour white. Some petals show very light basal pink on first opening. Flowers mid-season. The name is formed from ‘Shiro’, Japanese for white and ‘Chan’ for Chandler. Sport: Snow Chan. Names previously used for this white sport of C.M. Wilson or Elegans are ‘Chandleri White’, (McIlhenny, 1937); ‘Chandler’s White’, (Vanderbilt, 1941) and ‘White Elegans’, (Fruitland, 1943). The cultivar Madge Miller named in 1938, believed to be seedling of Elegans, being very similar, caused confusion by collecting synonyms such as ‘Chandleri Alba’, ‘White Chandleri’ and ‘Chandleri White’. This casts doubt on this complete group of synonyms and, while McIlhenny’s ‘Chandleri White’, 1937 has priority it is considered that Shiro Chan is now in such universal use that it be let stand as the valid name. Orthographic errors: ‘Chiro-Chan’, ‘Shirto Shan’. Chinese synonym: ‘Shichen’.
» Chinese Description
朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.242.
Shiro Chan 小白(C.japonica)红山茶。1953，美国加州Hayward，Toichi Domoto培育选出。C. M. Wilson (威尔逊）的枝变种。初花1950年。半重瓣~唐子形、白色底、基部淡粉、偶有淡粉红条、大〜巨大、花期1~2月、树性横张、生长缓慢。突变种：Snow Chan (小雪）。
Shiro Chan—杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花，p.63, No.28.
Shiro Chan (舍婵)一高继银，1998,世界名贵茶花,p.82, No.5.
Shiro Chan (白雪烟云)一茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.23/28, No.519.
