Details for: PI 649292, Celosia argentea L. var. argentea, 'White Type'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Cultivar:
'White Type'
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
22 Oct 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 649292 06ncab01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
Cultivar:
'White Type'
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
22 Oct 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
17 September 1997.
Oyo, Nigeria
Locality: Abeokuta Road, Moor Plantation, southwest of Ibadan.
Coordinates: 7.3833, 3.9000 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Environment description: Forest-savannah transition.
Number of plants sampled: 5
Comment: Plants were growing in frequent abundance. Latitude and longitude are for Ibadan.
Collector(s):
Donated
22 October 1998.
Oyo, Nigeria

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'White Type'
Type: Cultivar name

CEN/IB/97/CEL 001
Type: Institute identifier
Collection number.
CENRAD

Ames 25137
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
An erect annual plant. Light green, narrow leaves, and midrib whitish. Few branches. Flower pinkish at the base and silvery white when seeds are ripe. Seed dark and shiny. David Brenner observed in the summers of 2004 and 2005 that most plants of this accessions do not flower during the field-growing season in Ames, Iowa. They require shorter daylengths as in a short-day winter greenhouse.
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: 02 Sep 2004, from Celosia argentea L. to Celosia argentea L. var. argentea
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..1 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 649292 04ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..1 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 649292 98ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..104 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 649292 06ncab01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTThe weight in grams of 100 seeds..11 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 649292 05ncai01 SDNot Available