Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, cat. p. 15. sp. 1967 - globe shape, dense, 

 compact; lvs. rounded; female. D. van Gelderen, Dendroflora 8:33. 1971 

 - in syn. to LATIFOLIA. R. Clark, Hortus Third, p. 591. 1976 - upright; 

 lvs. dark green, glossy, to 1 1/4" long, serrate. The authenticity of the 

 above descriptions are dubious, since the original Maximowicz name 

 and plant have never been established. Moreover, a large number of 

 obviously different clones of independent and often obscure origins are 

 labeled as ROTUNDIFOLIA and extensively grown in U.S. nurseries. 

 Considerable synonymy has been cited but cannot be verified. The var. 

 rotundifolia Maximowicz ex Matsumura was probably a "cultivated 

 variety" known in Japan; but a description for it is unknown, and its 

 existence and introd. outside of Japan has not been confirmed. At 

 cultivar rank, there is no known plant to which the name /. crenata 

 ROTUNDIFOLIA can be legitimately applied. Perhaps in the case of the 

 Perfection Nursery plant and plants from other nurseries too numerous to 

 list, no relationship to the Maximowicz plant was intended. The cultivar 

 name ROTUNDIFOLIA in /. crenata is illegitimate, since the name 

 /. aquifolium ROTUNDIFOLIA (1874) has priority. = ? globosa 

 Wister, ? LATIFOLIA, ? var. latifolia, ? f. latifolia, ? var. rotundifolia 

 Maximowicz, ? f. rotundifolia Hu, ? ROUND LEAF. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA AUREA (Royal Moerheim Nurs., Dedemsuaart, 

 Netherlands, cat. p. 17. 1935-36, without descr.). (Variegated Group). = 

 ? AUREA. Illegitimate because both words of the name have been 

 previously published as individual cultivar names. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA AUREO-VARIEGATA (A. Lavallee, Arb. 



Segrezianum, p. 44. 1877, without descr., as var. rotundifolia aureo- 

 variegata). = AUREO-VARIEGATA, var. aureo-variegata Goldring, 

 f. aureo-variegata Schelle, var. luteo-variegata Regel, f. luteo-variegata 

 (Regel) Rehder, (not LUTEO-VARIEGATA). 



ROTUNDIFOLIA PYRAMIDALIS (Charles Fiore Nurs., Prairie View, 

 Illinois, cat. p. 56, 1 10. fall 1966) - pyramidal. Illegitimate, since the 

 name is in Latin form. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA SUSPENSUM (Robbins Nurs., Willard, North Carolina, 

 cat. p. 6. 1966-67) - medium growing, somewhat like ROTUNDIFOLIA 

 but more spreading; lvs. dark green, smaller than ROTUNDIFOLIA. 

 Holly Soc. Amer. Let. 75:12. 1983 - in holly collection Sandhills 

 Community College, Pinehurst, North Carolina, as ROTUNDIFOLIA 

 SUSPENSA; male. Illegitimate, since the name is in Latin form. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA UPRIGHT (Chandler Nurs., Florence, Alabama, cat. 

 p. 3. fall 1980, without descr.). Illegitimate, since the name lacks a descr. 

 and since part of the name is in Latin form. 



ROUND LEAF (Millcreek Nurs., Newark, Delaware, cat. p. 2. 1958, 

 without descr.). Suspected as a common name for ROTUNDIFOLIA. 



(Rovex Hybrid Group) Orig. before 1940 from a block of sdlgs. of open- 

 pollinated CONVEXA X ROTUNDIFOLIA at Fairview Evergreen 



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