Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don cv. 'Elegans', Dallimore and Jackson, rev. Harrison. Handb. Conif. and Ginkgo. ed. 4. 185. 1966. ——Cryptomeria elegans Jakob-Makoy in Belg. Hort. 14: 356. 1864. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don var. elegans Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18: 497. 1881; Kent, Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2. 264. 1900; Dallimore and Jackson, Handb. Conif. 183. f. 42. 1923, ed. 3. 255. f. 42. 1948; Rehd. Man. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 26. 1927, ed. 2. 50. 1940. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don f. elegans (Jakob-Makoy) Beissn. Syst. Einthei. Conif. 20. 1887; Rehd. Bigliogr. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 43. 1949.