Details for: PI 554995, Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 'Hamilton'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Hamilton'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

30 Jan 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Hamilton'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

30 Jan 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Developed

NEAR 1965.
Massachusetts, United States

Developer(s):

Hamilton, Ormond

Donated

30 January 1990.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Plants received from B. Mineo to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Mineo, B., Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery

22 October 1998.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Replacement clone from D. Brazelton made from clone of CVAC 708 that was sent to him.
Donor(s):

Brazelton, David, Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc.

Accession Group(s)

Group name: VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Note: Vaccinium macrocarpon representatives
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Cranberry

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Hamilton'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: CRANBERRY

Named for developer, Ormond Hamilton.

8656, DUPL=708.002

Type: Site identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

CVAC 708

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Unusual groundcover. Unique dwarf spreading form of the native cranberry. Dense rosettes of tightly whorled tiny round leaves, rich green in summer and bright red-mahogany in winter. Pink star-like flowers May-June, followed by red fruit. Adaptable to seashore conditions. Tolerates wet soils.

Named for developer, Ormond Hamilton.

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Oxycoccus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41030

Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:13, t. 7. 1789

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pursh

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	American cranberry	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	cranberry	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	large cranberry	1	Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Vaccinium. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:138.
French	canneberge à gros fruits	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	ronce d'Amérique	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	große Moosbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kranbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	arándano americano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	arándano trepador	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	amerikanskt tranbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	DNA Ratio	Flow cytometry measurement of the ratio of the amount of sample DNA to the amount of DNA in a standard plant	0.65	2012.6.30.CYTOLOGY	CVAC 708 .001 PL	Not Available
CYTOLOGIC	Ploidy	Number of sets of chromosomes. Example: 2x	2x	2012.6.30.CYTOLOGY	CVAC 708 .001 PL	Not Available
CYTOLOGIC	Ploidy Equation	Equation of the ploidy of the plant. Example 2n = 2x = YY	2n = 2x = 24,,	2012.6.30.CYTOLOGY	CVAC 708 .001 PL	Not Available
GENSTOCK	VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	YES	VACCINIUM.CORE.1998		Not Available