Details for: PI 279745, Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don, NA 18940


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don
Top Name:
NA 18940
Origin:
Collected – Honshu, Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don
Top Name:
NA 18940
Origin:
Collected – Honshu, Japan
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
20 Mar 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE 20 March 1962.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Aomori Prefecture: Ajigasawa.
Habitat: Wild Habitat

Collector(s):
Donated
20 March 1962.
Japan

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 18940
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

No. 1
Type: Other or unclassified name
Tohoku Forest Tree Improvement Station item number.

JC0461
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
From USDA Plant Inventory No. 170: 279743 to 279751. From Japan. Seeds presented by the Tohoka [sic] Forest Tree Improvement Station, Tskisswa, Morioka. Received Mar. 20, 1962. [...] 279745 to 279748. Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D. Don Pinaceae Common cryptomeria. 279745. No. 1. Ajigasawa, Aomori." From USNA 1964 distribution list: "Evergreen coniferous pyramidal tree with a straight slender trunk to 125' high. Leaves 1/2 to 1" long, bluntly keeled on the dorsal and sharply keeled in the ventral side, dark green. Cones reddish-brown, 3/4 to 1" across. Staminate flowers about 1/4" long. Thrives in Washington, D.C. and southward, although hardy in Boston. In colder areas the foliage is subject to browning in winter, but usually recovers fully the following growing season. Native to Japan. Seed comes from one of the four finest forest stands of Cryptomeria in Japan."
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don
Genus:
Cryptomeria
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:

12526
Place of publication:

Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18:167. 1839
Verified:
07/06/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don var. japonica (0 active accession[s])
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don var. sinensis Miq. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don f. araucarioides (Henkel & Hochst.) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don f. compacta (Beissn.) Beissn.
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don f. spiralis (Siebold) Rehder

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcryptomeria  1Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
EnglishJapanese red-cedar  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
EnglishJapanese-cedar  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Italiancrittomeria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Japanese Rōmajisugi  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Swedishkryptomeria  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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