Details for: PI 700232, Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai, 'Candidissima'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai

Cultivar:

'Candidissima'

Origin:

Developed – Europe

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

10 Nov 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai

Cultivar:

'Candidissima'

Origin:

Developed – Europe

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

10 Nov 2016

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Developed

PRE 1813.
Europe
Comment: Possibly of German origin. Synonym of 'Albicans', offered in by Vollert Nursery, Liibeck, Germany prior to 1900.

Donated

10 October 1984.

Comment: Accession received at Arnold Arboretum.
10 November 2016.
Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Cuttings collected from display garden at Arnold Arboretum.
Donor(s):

Dosmann, Michael S., The Arnold Arboretum

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Candidissima'

Type: Cultivar name

CCHA 42

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Asian Quince

Type: Other or unclassified name

1182-84

Type: Donor identifier

Arnold Arboretum accession number.

Narrative

Cuttings collected at Arnold Arboretum. Flowers white, tinged with pink, single. Listed in nursery catalog from Orléans, France without description in 1874. Listed in catalog from Andorra Nursery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1906 with description. The name 'Candidissima' replaced older names for the same cultivar. Already known in Europe in 1813, probably introduced from Japanese gardens. ** C. Weber. 1963. Cultivars in the genus Chaenomeles. Arnoldia 23:17-75.

Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai

Genus:

Chaenomeles

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

10014

Place of publication:

Jap. J. Bot. 4:331. 1929

Verified:

08/31/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Cydonia speciosa Sweet

Invalid Designation(s)
Chaenomeles lagenaria auct.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese-quince		1	American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
English	flowering-quince		1	American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
English	Japanese-quince		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Japanese Rōmaji	boke		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Swedish	stor rosenkvitten		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	tie geng hai tang		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Chinese	zhou pi mu gua		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	myeongjanamu	as Chaenomeles lagenaria	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:89. Note: = Chaenomeles lagenaria (Loisel.) Koidz.

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