NA 88734 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Camellia japonica L.

Cultivar:

'Mardi Gras'

Origin:

Developed – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jan 2025

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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National Arboretum

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Camellia japonica L.

Cultivar:

'Mardi Gras'

Origin:

Developed – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jan 2025

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Developed

PRE 28 January 2025.
North Carolina, United States
Associated species: Discovered as a sport.

Developer(s):

Mccracken, Pat, Garden Treasures

Donated

29 January 2025.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Mccracken, Pat, Garden Treasures

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Mardi Gras'

Type: Cultivar name

NA 88734

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum: Camellia japonica 'Mardi Gras'. Received as a rooted cutting.

Camellia japonica L.

Genus:

Camellia

Subgenus:

Camellia

Section:

Camellia

Family:

Theaceae

Tribe:

Theeae

Nomen number:

8711

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:698. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358719

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/12/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Camellia japonica L. var. japonica (0 active accession[s])
Camellia japonica L. var. rusticana (Honda) T. L. Ming (2 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia reticulata Lindl. var. wabiske Makino
Camellia wabiske (Makino) Kitam.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	camellia		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Japanese camellia		1	Kim, S. H. et al. 2017. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica L.). Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 2:583-584. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1372719.
Chinese	shan cha	山茶	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Swedish	kamelia		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: NA 88734, Camellia japonica L., 'Mardi Gras'