Details for: PI 688998, Celosia argentea L. var. argentea, RRC 666


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Top Name:
RRC 666
Origin:
Donated – Eastern, Ghana
Received by NPGS:
07 Jun 1990
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 688998 09ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Top Name:
RRC 666
Origin:
Donated – Eastern, Ghana
Received by NPGS:
07 Jun 1990
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
January 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States
Comment: Seed received at Rodale from C. Daloz, Daloz received it from B. Wagner, and The Ghana Crop Research Institute in Bunso, Ghana.
PRE January 1981.
Eastern, Ghana
Locality: Bunso
Coordinates: 6.2892, -0.4679 (Map it)
Elevation: 212m.
Georeference protocol: Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Habitat: Institute
Comment: Ghana Crop Research Institute, Bunso Ghana
07 June 1990.
Pennsylvania, United States
Comment: Seed received when Rodale discontinued their Amaranthus Research and Development program in 1990.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 666
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Reider, Carolyn Rodale Research Center

Ames 14961
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
The seeds are black, flowers pink, leaves green. It is from the Ghana Crop Research Institute. Seed showed very weak growing habits, no seed was produced in the field. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Genus:
Celosia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

400407
Comment:
cultivated forms include Celosia argentea Spicata Group
Verified:
06/05/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Celosia argentea f. spontanea (0 active accession[s])
Celosia argentea L. (22 active accession[s])
Celosia argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze (5 active accession[s])
Celosia argentea L. var. plumosa Voss (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Celosia spicata hort.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishfeather cockscomb  1 
EnglishLagos-spinach  1Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Englishquail-grass  1Bose, R. B. 1976. The correct identity of 'cockscomb'. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 18:218.
Englishred-fox  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishred-spinach  1 
Englishsilver cockscomb  1 
Frenchcélosie argentée  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
GermanSilber-Brandschopf  2 
Japanese Rōmajinogeitō  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Nigeria (Yoruba)shokoyokoto  2Badra, T. 1993. Lagos spinach. In: Williams, J. T., ed., Pulses and vegetables 131-163.
Transcribed Chineseqing xiang  2 
Transcribed Koreangaemaendeurami  2 
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 18 Sep 2009, from Celosia argentea L. to Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
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CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 688998 90ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..12 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 688998 09ncai01 SD