Details for: PI 274280, Celosia argentea L. var. argentea, A74-42


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Top Name:
A74-42
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
Received by NPGS:
26 Apr 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 274280 08ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Top Name:
A74-42
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pradesh, India
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):
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
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: 21 Feb 1997, from Amaranthus spp. to Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
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Herbarium specimen
  • USDA ARS NCRPIS. Located at NA. Identifier: PI 274280. Inventory sample: PI 274280. White spike.
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Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..06 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 274280 08ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 274280 81ncei01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..104 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 274280 77ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..12 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 274280 78ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..13 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 274280 79ncai01 SDNot Available