International Camellia Register
ICR
Home/ Cultivars/ Squamosa

Squamosa

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
150

Id:ICR-18480

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1839

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Squamosa'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name

Meaning

Synonym

Squammata  Piantaio Comunale Romano, 1859. Orthographic error for Squamosa.

Squammosa Rosea  Medici Spada, 1857, Catalogo nel Giardino a Villa Quiete, p.15. Orthographic error for ‘Squamosa Rosea’, synonym for Squamosa.

Squammosa  Cels, Paris Nursery Catalogue, 1839, p.30. Orthographic error for Squamosa.

Squamosa Rosea  van Houtte Catalogue, 1851, 44:25;de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camel­lia, p.122. Synonym for Squamosa. Orthographic error: ‘Squammosa Rosea’.

Squarini  Trillon, Le Mans Nursery Catalogue, 1843, p.9. Orthographic error for Squamosa.

Description

» English Description

Jacob Makoy Catalogue, 1839, p.18. No description. Berlèse, 1840, Monogra­phie, ed.2, pp.196, 233: Leaves 10 cm long x 6 cm wide, oblong-ovate, apex shortly acuminate, recurved, margins entirely serrate, veins apparent, deep green; buds large. flattened at top, scales blackish; flower over 9 cm across, colour cherry-red to dull carmine. The corolla is round, regular, similar to ‘Mutabilis Traversii’ (Traversi); petals broad, rounded, numerous, lightly notched and imbricated symmetrically from the circumference to the centre, imitating the scales of a fish (squamae). Dr Sacco of Milan, Italy originated this cultivar which is sometimes marked with white at the petal margins. Orthographic errors: ‘Squammosa, ‘Squammata’, ‘Squarini’. Synonym: ‘Squamosa Rosea’.

Flower

Flower Size

Blooming Season Italy

NO

Photos