Details for: PI 603106, Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott, Index Seminum 8


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Top Name:
Index Seminum 8
Origin:
Collected – Tennessee, United States
Received by NPGS:
19 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 603106 00ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Top Name:
Index Seminum 8
Origin:
Collected – Tennessee, United States
Received by NPGS:
19 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected

Tennessee, United States
Locality: Marion County
Coordinates: 35.1751, -85.6115 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Comment: Coordinates refer to location of Marion County and not the location of where the accession was collected.
Donated
19 February 1990.
Illinois, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: Late Blooming Aronia
Note: These are accessions of Aronia melanocarpa that consistently bloom approximately 2 weeks later than typical forms of the species. Genetic analysis of a subset of these accessions indicates that they are genetically unique and may warrant taxonomic recognition (Brand et al. 2022).
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Late Blooming Aronia

Accession Names and Identifiers
Index Seminum 8
Type: Institute identifier
1989-1990 Index Seminum number.
The Morton Arboretum

Index Seminum 7
Type: Institute identifier
1990-1991 Index Seminum number.
The Morton Arboretum

Ames 12796
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Ames 14894
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
This accession has been confirmed to represent the "southern form" of A. melanocarpa, potentially a new Aronia species. This southern form was originally discovered by Brand et al. 2022 (Ploidy, genetic diversity and speciation of the genus Aronia) and is known for having glabrous stems and leaves and a distinct phyllotaxy than other Aronia species. In addition, plants tend to bloom approximately two weeks later than all other Aronia taxonomic groups and the inflorescences/infructescences are more spreading and extended due to longer peduncles and pedicels within the cyme. Fruit maturity tends to occur 2 to 4 weeks later than tetraploid A. melanocarpa and 4 to 6 weeks later than diploid A. melanocarpa. Phenolic levels are much higher in comparison to other A. melanocarpa accessions (Brand et al., 2017 - Anthocyanins, total phenolics, ORAC and moisture content of wild and cultivated dark-fruited Aronia species.)
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Genus:
Aronia
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

4247
Place of publication:

Sketch bot. S. Carolina 1:557. 1821
Verified:
12/11/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mespilus arbutifolia L. var. melanocarpa Michx.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Aronia nigra (Medik.) Dippel
Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aronia melanocarpa Spach
Hahnia arbutifolia (L.) Medik. var. nigra Medik.
Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. nigra Willd.
Pyrus nigra (Willd.) Sarg.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblack chokeberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English (Canada)black chokecherry Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
French (Canada)aronie à fruit noir Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
GermanApfelbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germankahle Apfelbeere  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1220.
Swedishsvartaronia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Sep 2003, from Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott to Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Dec 2003, from Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps to Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
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Citations
  • Brand, M. H., B. A. Connolly, L. H. Levine, J. T. Richards, S. M. Shine, & L. E. Spencer. 2017. Anthocyanins, total phenolics, ORAC and moisture content of wild and cultivated dark-fruited Aronia species. Sci. Hort. 224:332-342. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2017.06.021. Number of accessions cited: 27
  • Brand, M. H., S. G. Obae, J. D. Mahoney, & B. A. Connolly. 2022. Ploidy, genetic diversity and speciation of the genus Aronia. Sci. Hort. 291(2022):110604. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110604. Number of accessions cited: 77
  • Leonard, P. J., M. H. Brand, B. A. Connolly, & S. G. Obae. 2013. Investigation of the origin of Aronia mitschurinii using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. HortScience 48(5):520-524. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.48.5.520. Note: Resolved closely related members of the Pyrinae subtribe of the Rosaceae, confirmed intergeneric hybrids between Sorbus and Aronia as well as backcrosses, and identified 36 polymorphic bands that can be used to identify Aronia mitschurinni. Number of accessions cited: 8
  • Mahoney, J. D., T. M. Hau, B. A. Connolly, & M. H. Brand. 2019. Sexual and apomictic seed reproduction in Aronia species with different ploidy levels. HortScience 54(4):642-646. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI13772-18. Number of accessions cited: 12
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICPLOIDYPloidy level of accession.TETRAPLOID - Tetraploid. ARONIA PLOIDY Not Available