`Chickasaw', `Kiowa', and `Pocomoke' Lagerstroemia

Abstract

Additional index words. shrub breeding, crapemyrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia fauriei, Lythraceae, plant introduction, powdery mildew, Erysiphe lagerstroemiae previous Lagerstroemia introductions from the U.S. National Arboretum, these cultivars were named after Native American tribes. ‘Kiowa’. This selection originated from a shipment of nine cuttings of unnamed L. fauriei received from Dr. Y. Tachibana, Botanical Garden of Osaka, City Univ., Osaka Prefecture, Japan, in 1968 (PI 326424). It was evaluated initially on the grounds of the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. (USDA hardiness zone 7b, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 1990), with further evaluation by cooperators in California, Georgia, Maryland, and Tennessee. The cultivar name ‘Kiowa’ was registered in 1994 with the International Registration Authority for Lagerstroemia, in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants—1980 (Brickell, 1980).