62(6): 191) concluded that /. crenata var. mutchagara (Makino) Ohwi 

 (Bull. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33:78. 1953), based on /. mutchagara Makino 

 (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 27:75, fig. 2A, 1913), was convarietal with /. crenata 

 var. kanehirae Yamamoto. However, Yamazaki indicated that his 

 infraspecific taxon was not a var. of/, crenata, but rather, based on 

 morphology and geographical distribution (Islands of Amami Oshima, 

 Ryukyus and Taiwan) of var. kanehirae (including var. mutchagara), 

 should be included in /. maximowicziana Loesener as /. maximowicziana 

 var. kanehirae (Yamamoto) Yamazaki. This view is accepted here. 

 Some of the pertinent synonyms of /. maximowicziana var. kanehirae 

 (Yamamoto) Yamazaki are: /. mutchagara Makino (1913), /. crenata 

 var. kanehirae Yamamoto (1925), /. kanehirae (Yamamoto) Koidzumi 

 (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 43:389. 1929), /. triflora var. kanehirae (Yamamoto) 

 Hu (Jour. Arnold Arb. 34:151. 1953), /. mutchagara (Makino) 

 Masamune (Transact. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25:253. 1935), /. crenata 

 var. mutchagara (Makino) Ohwi (1953), and /. maximowicziana var. 

 mutchagara (Makino) Hatusima (Flora Ryukyus, 2d ed., p. 884. 1975). 

 There is no need to question the assignment, in this case the 

 recombination of var. kanehirae to /. maximowicziana, as it is a 

 taxonomic judgment made by a Japanese specialist. The question does 

 arise, however, about why /. maximowicziana var. kanehirae 

 (Yamamoto) Yamazaki (1987) has nomenclatural priority over 

 /. maximowicziana var. mutchagara (Makino) Hatusima (1975). The 

 "International Code of Botanical Nomenclature" (1988) rules that a 

 name (published at any given rank) has priority when it is validly 

 published at the earliest date. At the rank of variety, (var.) kanehirae 

 was first validly published by Yamamoto in 1925. It does not matter 

 that it was assigned to /. crenata at that time. At the rank of variety, 

 mutchagara was first used by Ohwi in 1953. Again, it does not matter 

 that Ohwi's application was as a variety of/, crenata. Accordingly, var. 

 kanehirae (1925) has undeniable priority over var. mutchagara (1953). = 

 /. maximowicziana var. kanehirae, I. crenata var. mutchagara (Makino) 

 Ohwi, /. mutchagara Makino. 



KIIRO-FUKURIN (E. Griffith and H. Hyland, USDA Plant Inventory 

 164:22. 1966, without descr.) - coll. 1956 by J. Creech from Nakada 

 Nurs., Angyo, Japan; PI 236021, NA 25700; distributed to the nursery 

 trade from the USDA Pit. Introd. Sta., Glenn Dale, Maryland, in 1960. 

 The Romanji common name KIIRO-FUKURIN, though rendered by 

 Griffith and Hyland as a cv. name, is not recognized here as a legitimate 

 cultivar name, since it is a common name. This name translates to 

 "yellow margin," which is not descriptive of this plant, since this plant 

 has yellow spotted and streaked leaves. = ANGYO. 



KINGSVALE (A. Bartels, Gardening with Dwarf Trees and Shrubs. English 

 ed. 1:161-162. 1986) - flattened, globe shaped; original pit. 4 ft tall and 

 7 ft wide; lvs. less than 3/8" long; introd. 1926 by Kingsville Nurs., 



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