"Satozakura" (village cherries) for the cultivated selections. Miyoshi 

 (1916 and 1921) stated that the time of origin for "Sato-zakura" 

 selections is uncertain. Honda and Hayashi (1974) further wrote 

 that the origin of at least 1 50 Sato-zakura cultivars was thought to 

 date between 794 and 1 192, when many cherry trees were planted 

 in gardens. Even though "Yama-zakura" and "Sato-zakura" are 

 ancient vernacular names for wild and cultivated Japanese cherries, 

 respectively, they are still used in Japan today to separate these two 

 distinct groups. 



The term "Sato-zakura" is also used appropriately in England 

 for cultivated Japanese flowering cherries. In addition to the 

 Japanese authors Miyoshi (1916) and Honda and Hayashi (1974), 

 the British authors Ingram (1948), Hillier and Sons (1974), and Bean 

 (1976) used this term to separate cultivars of Japanese flowering 

 cherries from wild species. The term "Sato-zakura," therefore, is 

 established in Japanese and European literature and clearly 

 distinguishes the cultivated selections of cultivars of known and 

 unknown origins from wild taxa of valid specific botanical rank. 



The Sato-zakura Group 



Since the origin of cherries known in Japan as Sato-zakura is 

 confusing because of uncertain parentage, alliance to species such 

 as P. donarium, P. lannesiana, and P. serrulata is not valid. 

 Fortunately the Cultivated Code ("International Code of 

 Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants-1980") does provide for 

 establishing a group name to include all cultivated selections of 

 Japanese flowering cherries with uncertain specific origins. Our 

 choice for a collective name to include these cherries with confused 

 and uncertain specific parentage is proposed as "The Sato-zakura 

 Group." The use of this collective name complies with the 

 Cultivated Code and is a logical mechanism for grouping 

 conveniently together all Japanese flowering cherries of uncertain 

 origin. The term "Sato-zakura group" has no taxonomic or other 

 botanical significance and should only be used as a collective name 

 to indicate Japanese cherry cultivars of uncertain parentage. 



Objectives 



Although nomenclature problems have existed for Japanese 

 flowering cherries for many years, there is no reason for this 

 situation to continue with the guidance of the 1980 Cultivated 

 Code. Therefore, as a means of organizing the nomenclature of 

 cultivated Japanese flowering cherries of uncertain origin, but not 

 taxonomically classifying them, this publication presents two 

 objectives. 



(1) To introduce the collective name "Sato-zakura group" as a 



