Details for: PI 662003, Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott, Index Seminum 117


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Top Name:
Index Seminum 117
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 2003
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 662003 14ncab01 SD
 
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Top Name:
Index Seminum 117
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 2003
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
09 September 2002.
Michigan, United States
Locality: Wellston-Chittenden Lake, Manistee County.
Coordinates: 44.2169, -85.9581 (Map it)
Elevation: 236m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Muck soil sloping upland to acid sand.

Donated
14 April 2003.
Michigan, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Index Seminum 117
Type: Institute identifier
Index Seminum 2003.
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden

20020764
Type: Institute identifier
Accession number.
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden

Ames 27010
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Accession is very uniform with dense growth and average vigor. Initial observations point to low fruit production potential. Black fruits tend to mature in mid August (central Iowa).
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Genus:
Aronia
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

4247
Place of publication:

Sketch bot. S. Carolina 1:557. 1821
Verified:
12/11/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mespilus arbutifolia L. var. melanocarpa Michx.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Aronia nigra (Medik.) Dippel
Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aronia melanocarpa Spach
Hahnia arbutifolia (L.) Medik. var. nigra Medik.
Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. nigra Willd.
Pyrus nigra (Willd.) Sarg.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblack chokeberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English (Canada)black chokecherry Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
French (Canada)aronie à fruit noir Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
GermanApfelbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germankahle Apfelbeere  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1220.
Swedishsvartaronia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 12 Sep 2003, from Aronia ×prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder to Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Dec 2003, from Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps to Aronia ×prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 09 Sep 2009, from Aronia ×prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder to Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
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Citations
  • Brand, M. H., B. A. Connolly, L. H. Levine, J. T. Richards, S. M. Shine, & L. E. Spencer. 2017. Anthocyanins, total phenolics, ORAC and moisture content of wild and cultivated dark-fruited Aronia species. Sci. Hort. 224:332-342. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2017.06.021. Number of accessions cited: 27
  • Brand, M. H., S. G. Obae, J. D. Mahoney, & B. A. Connolly. 2022. Ploidy, genetic diversity and speciation of the genus Aronia. Sci. Hort. 291(2022):110604. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110604. Number of accessions cited: 77
  • Leonard, P. J., M. H. Brand, B. A. Connolly, & S. G. Obae. 2013. Investigation of the origin of Aronia mitschurinii using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. HortScience 48(5):520-524. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.48.5.520. Note: Resolved closely related members of the Pyrinae subtribe of the Rosaceae, confirmed intergeneric hybrids between Sorbus and Aronia as well as backcrosses, and identified 36 polymorphic bands that can be used to identify Aronia mitschurinni. Number of accessions cited: 8
  • Mahoney, J. D., T. M. Hau, B. A. Connolly, & M. H. Brand. 2019. Sexual and apomictic seed reproduction in Aronia species with different ploidy levels. HortScience 54(4):642-646. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI13772-18. Number of accessions cited: 12
  • Taheri, R., B. A. Connolly, M. H. Brand, & B. W. Bolling. 2013. Underutilized Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa, Aronia arbutifolia, Aronia prunifolia) accessions are rich sources of anthocyanins, flavonoids, hydroxycinnamic acids, and proanthocyanidins. J. Agric. Food Chem. 61:8581-8588. DOI: 10.1021/jf402449q. Number of accessions cited: 4
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALFRUIT SOLUBLE SOLID CONTENTSoluble solid content of fruits (degrees Brix) measured using Atago Pocket Refractometer (PAL-1). Values reported are the highest observed prior to fruit shrivelling. Peak values are averaged across years when data is available.23.763ARONIA FRUIT SOLUBLE SOLIDSPI 662003 14ncai05 FRNot Available
COMMENTECOREGIONOmernik Level III Ecoregion where germplasm was collected in nature.Northern Lakes and Forests - Northern Lakes and Forests OMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGION Not Available
COMMENTUSDA Cold Hardiness ZoneUSDA Cold Hardiness Zone in which the germplasm was originally collected in nature.5b USDA COLD HARDINESS ZONE Not Available
CYTOLOGICPLOIDYPloidy level of accession.TETRAPLOID - Tetraploid. ARONIA PLOIDY Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERDiameter of fruit (measured in mm) obtained at harvest. Random sample of 30, intact fruits from a single specimen or a population.9.367610ARONIA FRUIT DIAMETERPI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER DIAMETERDiameter of flower measured in centimeters.1.5443WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.ARONIA.2012PI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF AREA INDEXArea of leaves per unit area of soil surface.2.792WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.ARONIA.LAI.2013 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF INFLORESCENCESNumber of inflorescences from three random branches, including side spurs.13.673WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.ARONIA.2012PI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT HEIGHT - 3 YRSHeight of plant measured in meters on 3-year old field grown plants.0.75 ARONIA PLANT HEIGHT - 3 YRSPI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT WIDTH - 3 YRSWidth of plant measured in meters on 3-year old field grown plants.1.2 ARONIA PLANT WIDTH - 3 YRSPI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT HEIGHT - 5 YRSHeight of plant measured in meters on 5-year old field grown plants.1.35 ARONIA PLANT HEIGHT - 5 YRSPI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYPEAK FLOWERING DATEDate of peak flowering.May 20 ARONIA PEAK FLOWERING DATEPI 662003 10ncaim1 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYPEAK FRUIT RIPENING DATEDate of peak ripe fruit.10/4/2012 WOODY-ORNAMENTALS.ARONIA.2012PI 662003 12ncai01 SDNot Available