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US Plant Patent PP31155

African Night

Eucomis plant named ‘African Night’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 14, 2039.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31155, the photograph of African Night printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31155, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP31155
Filed
January 14, 2019
Granted
December 3, 2019
Expires
January 14, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Eucomis plant named ‘African Night’ with rounded-mound habit of glossy, finely serrulate, strap-like, arching leaves emerging rich burgundy colored and developing to olive green. Beginning in mid-summer and lasting for about four weeks, the plants produce tall racemes with dense flowers of rosy pink. ‘African Night’ is winter-hardy to USDA zone 6 and useful as a specimen landscape plant, en masse, as a container plant or as a cut flower.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental Eucomis cultivar named ‘African Night’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31155 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.