Details for: NA 88738, Camellia sasanqua Thunb., 'Pink Pixie'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.
Cultivar:
'Pink Pixie'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
29 Jan 2025
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.
Cultivar:
'Pink Pixie'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
29 Jan 2025
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Developed
PRE 28 January 2025.
North Carolina, United States
Associated species: Seedling selection.

Developer(s):
Donated
29 January 2025.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pink Pixie'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 88738
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum: Camellia sasanqua 'Pink Pixie'. Received as a rooted cutting.
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.
Genus:
Camellia
Subgenus:
Camellia
Section:
Oleifera
Family:
Theaceae
Tribe:
Theeae
Nomen number:

8731
Place of publication:

J. A. Murray, Syst. veg. ed. 14:632. 1784 May-Jun (Fl. jap. 273, t. 30. 1784 Aug)
Comment:
for authorship of Thunberg names first published by Murray see comments in Taxon 45:672. 1996 & 46:311-314. 1997
Verified:
04/20/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Thea sasanqua (Thunb.) F. Cels
Thea sasanqua (Thunb.) F. Cels var. sasanqua

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Camellia miyagii (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto
Camellia tegmentosa (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto
Thea miyagii Koidz.
Thea tegmentosa Koidz.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsasanqua camellia  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
GermanSasanqua-Kamelie  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1268-1269.
Japanese Rōmajisa-zan-ka  2Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Swedishthunbergkamelia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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