Details for: Ames 35254, Salix excelsa S. G. Gmel., TK2019-21


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Salix excelsa S. G. Gmel.
Top Name:
TK2019-21
Origin:
Collected – K'akheti, Georgia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Sep 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Salix excelsa S. G. Gmel.
Top Name:
TK2019-21
Origin:
Collected – K'akheti, Georgia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Sep 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
14 June 2019.
K'akheti, Georgia
Locality: Sagarego municipality, Gombori pass, bank of Iori river
Coordinates: 41.8632, 45.3503 (Map it)
Elevation: 1127m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Unknown source
Environment description: Riparian woodland
Number of plants sampled: 10
Associated species: Salix alba, Populus nigra, Quercus macranthera, Pyrus caucasica, and Malus orientalis.
Aspect: Southeast; Slope: 10

Collector(s):
Donated
22 November 2019.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
TK2019-21
Type: Collector identifier
Kurdadze, Tamar Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden (Ilia State University)

NA 86142
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Ames 35254
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Deciduous tree, 15-25 meters. Collectors' original notes indicates wild origin. "There are some questions about this accession's identity that may require further work to answer. According to the Flora of the USSR, Salix oxica (a synonym of S. excelsa per GRIN) is only found naturally on shores in Central Asia. It may be escaped from cultivation in Georgia, imperfectly documented with respect to its native range, or possibly this accession is misidentified. The Salix ICRA seems to regard this as possibly the same as Salix alba 'Vitellina'/S. alba var. vitellina, although that is generally a single clone in cultivation. The origins of that cultivar have never been clearly understood, but it was speculated to have originated in a fairly southern region" (Stefan B. Lura, National Arboretum Botanist, pers. comm. 27 November 2019). Based on Skvortsov (1999), defining limits of S. excelsa natural range is even more complicated a task than doing it for S. alba, as S. excelsa was widely cultivated since ancient times. S. excelsa is cultivated on the territory extending from Israel and Syria to Kashgaria, Kashmir, and western Gansu. In the Elburz Mountains, it ascends to 2,500m; in Middle Asia, to 2,00m (in the Darvaz and western Pamirs, to 2,200 M0; to 2,800 m around Kabul. Numerous intermediate forms are found in the areas where S. excelsa is cultivated within the range of S. alba and particularly where both willows have been cultivated for a long time, such as Syria, eastern Asia Minor, central and eastern Transcaucasia, and partially Middle Asia. These forms, which are difficult to identify appear to be hybrids.
Salix excelsa S. G. Gmel.
Genus:
Salix
Family:
Salicaceae
Nomen number:

102724
Place of publication:

Reise Russland 3:308, t. 34, fig. 2. 1774
Verified:
11/07/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Salix oxica Dode

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