Details for: PI 583838, Prunus itosakura Siebold, 'Usuzumi'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus itosakura Siebold
Cultivar:
'Usuzumi'
Origin:
Collected – Gihu, Japan
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Feb 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Budwood
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus itosakura Siebold
Cultivar:
'Usuzumi'
Origin:
Collected – Gihu, Japan
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
13 Feb 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Budwood
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected

Gihu, Japan
Locality: Plateau, Neo village, about 40km NW of Gifu City.
Coordinates: 35.6333, 136.6000 (Map it)
Elevation: 175m.

Collector(s):
Donated
13 February 1991.
Gihu, Japan

Donor(s):
29 February 1996.
Washington, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; one budwood received
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Usuzumi-No-Sakura'
Type: Cultivar name
Cultivar name means 'cherry tree of gray blossoms'.

'Usuzumi'
Type: Cultivar name

DPRU 1940
Type: Site identifier

Q 28375
Type: Quarantine identifier
Glenn Dale tracking number.

Narrative
Type = Cherry. Historic tree, approximately 1,400 years old. Designated by Japanese government as a Precious Natural Monument on October 21, 1922. Petals pink-tinged in late bud and early bloom, then white, turning gray just before falling. Flowering cherry. Stately in appearance and beautiful to behold. One of the oldest flowering cherry trees in the world.
Prunus itosakura Siebold
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Cerasus
Section:
Cerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

480607
Place of publication:

Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 12:68. 1830
Verified:
05/08/2018 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishautumn cherry as Prunus subhirtella1 
EnglishHigan cherry as Prunus subhirtella1 
Englishrosebud cherry as Prunus subhirtella1 
Englishspring cherry as Prunus subhirtella1 
Englishwinter flowering cherry as Prunus subhirtella1 
Frenchcerisier d'hiver as Prunus subhirtella2 
Germanfrühjahrs Kirsche as Prunus subhirtella2 
GermanHigankirsche as Prunus subhirtella2 
Japanese Rōmajiazuma-higan as Prunus pendula f. ascendens2 
Japanese Rōmajichimoto-higan as Prunus subhirtella2 
Japanese Rōmajiedo-higan as Prunus pendula f. ascendens2 
Japanese Rōmajihigan-zakura as Prunus subhirtella2 
Japanese Rōmajiito-zakura as Prunus pendula f. ascendens2 
Japanese Rōmajiko-higan-zakura as Prunus subhirtella2 
Transcribed Chineseda ye han ying as Cerasus subhirtella2 
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 16 Jan 1998, from Prunus spachiana Carrière f. ascendens (Makino) Kitam. to Prunus ×subhirtella Miq. var. ascendens (Makino) E. H. Wilson
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 21 May 2011, from Prunus ×subhirtella Miq. var. ascendens (Makino) E. H. Wilson to Prunus ×subhirtella Miq. nothovar. subhirtella
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 20 Jul 2018, from Prunus ×subhirtella Miq. nothovar. subhirtella to Prunus itosakura Siebold
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