Details for: NA 53227, Callicarpa japonica Thunb., Ames 3499


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Callicarpa japonica Thunb.
Top Name:
Ames 3499
Origin:
Collected – Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
29 Mar 1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Callicarpa japonica Thunb.
Top Name:
Ames 3499
Origin:
Collected – Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
29 Mar 1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Collected

Japan
Locality: Lower slopes of Mount Hodaka, somewhat above Ariakeyama Shrine, near Matsumoto.
Elevation: 840m.

Collector(s):
Donated
13 February 1985.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Ames 3499
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

NA 53227
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
USDA, ARS

83H-38
Type: Collector identifier
Dept. of Bio., UNC-CH

Narrative
Deciduous shrub to 2 meters. Leaves membranous to thinly chartaceous, obovate, ovate, or oblong, 6-12 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, acuminate to acute at both ends, serrulate, nearly glabrous to loosely puberulent on both surfaces. Cymes rather many flowered, axillary, short-pedunculate, scattered stellate-puberulent. Corolla pale purple, 3-5 mm long. Fruit purple, about 3 mm across. Native to Japan, China, Mandshuria, Korea, and Formosa. Probable hardiness to USDA Zone 5. Plants offered were grown from seed collected in the wild by Dr. Clifford Parks.
Callicarpa japonica Thunb.
Genus:
Callicarpa
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Nomen number:

300094
Place of publication:

J. A. Murray, Syst. veg. ed. 14:153. 1784 May-Jun (Fl. jap. 60. 1784 Aug)
Comment:
for authorship of Thunberg names first published by Murray see comments in Taxon 45:672. 1996 & 46:311-314. 1997
Verified:
10/11/1991 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Callicarpa japonica Thunb. var. angustata Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Callicarpa japonica Thunb. var. japonica (1 active accession[s])
Callicarpa japonica Thunb. var. luxurians Rehder (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishJapanese beauty-berry  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Swedishjapanskt glasbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed Ames 3499 to NA 53227. 03 Nov 2020.
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