Skip to main content
Skip to site map
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
0
Cart
Welcome!
***THIS IS A TESTING SITE ONLY.***
Please do not place germplasm orders on this site.
GRIN-Global
Menu
USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Version:
2.3.12 [npgstest -- bhunt2312-0204]
Menu
Accessions
Descriptors
Reports
GRIN Taxonomy
Search Taxonomy
Crop Wild Relative Data
Nodulation Data
Regulations
World Economic Plants
About GRIN Taxonomy
GRIN
USDA Genetic Resource Collections
About GRIN-Global
Use of Cookies
NPGS Distribution Policy
Software Disclaimer
GRIN-U
Help
Contact Us
Your Profile
Your Profile
Your Web Request History
Your Address Book
Your Wish List
Details for: PI 274280,
Celosia argentea
L. var.
argentea
, A74-42
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea
L. var.
argentea
Top Name:
A74-42
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
26 Apr 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
169
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
Cart
Seed
200 count
PI 274280 08ncai01 SD
Images
(5
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea
L. var.
argentea
Top Name:
A74-42
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
26 Apr 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
Madhya Pradesh, India
Locality:
between Khandela and Lonauli
Coordinates:
21.9917, 75.1333
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
A74-42
Type: Institute identifier
Group: AVRDC
RRC Log-in Book for RRC 85
RRC 85
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
RRC Log-in Book
RRC 163
Type: Donor identifier
Group: RODALE
Rodale Research Center
1597
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
The seeds are black, flowers red, leaves variegated. The RRC class type is: strawflower. It is very late maturing. Observations from Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Branched annual to five feet high. Leaf blades ovate, some with purple speckles. Flowers light purple with white, in spikes.
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
feather cockscomb
1
English
Lagos-spinach
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
quail-grass
1
Bose, R. B.
1976. The correct identity of 'cockscomb'. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 18:218.
English
red-fox
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
red-spinach
1
English
silver cockscomb
1
French
célosie argentée
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
German
Silber-Brandschopf
2
Japanese Rōmaji
nogeitō
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Nigeria (Yoruba)
shokoyokoto
2
Badra, T.
1993. Lagos spinach. In: Williams, J. T., ed., Pulses and vegetables 131-163.
Transcribed Chinese
qing xiang
2
Transcribed Korean
gaemaendeurami
2
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
21 Feb 1997, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Celosia argentea
L. var.
argentea
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: PI 274280. Inventory sample: PI 274280. White spike.
Citations
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 274280 08ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.09
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 274280 81ncei01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.104
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 274280 77ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.12
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 274280 78ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.13
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 274280 79ncai01 SD
Not Available