Details for: NA 34928, Prunus hybr., 'Pink Cloud'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus hybr.
Cultivar:
'Pink Cloud'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
02 Feb 1973
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus hybr.
Cultivar:
'Pink Cloud'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
02 Feb 1973
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
02 February 1973.
California, United States
Comment: Through Frederick C. Boutin.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pink Cloud'
Type: Cultivar name
Parentage: Either: P. "serrulata" x P. campanulata [see NA 34928] or an open-pollinated seedling of a white, single-flowered P. "serrulata" [contemporary Huntington Botanical Garden references.] This cultivar name is technically invalid under according to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, because another flowering cherry already existed with the same name that was accepted by a statutory registration authority (see U.S. Patent #4,540). Another very similar name, Prunus campanulata 'Pink Clouds' (selected by Mark Jury of New Zealand) is also questionably acceptable due to its similarity. -SBL

NA 34928
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Correspondence dated 11/6/72 Frederick C. Boutin to Roland M. Jefferson referenced on card (letter not yet located in Plant Records). Hybrid of P. serrulata [probably a Sato-zakura, or possibly P. speciosa -SBL] and P. campanulata. Scions sent to Hess Nurs. for custom grafting in February 1973. [This is likely the clone that was introduced later as 'Pink Cloud' by Huntington Botanical Gardens. It may be the correct identity for NA 74709-H growing in the triangle meadow of the Prunus Collection, as this was last recorded growing in that area in 1992 with no further updates on the accession card. (Further update: a handwritten note about an unknown cherry in the triangle by Roland Jefferson confirms that he knew it to be the tree that they had received from Huntington; the tree also matches the Huntington Botanical Gardens' description of 'Pink Cloud' well, although it seems to be more vigorous in the DC climate. -SBL) Unfortunately, the name 'Pink Cloud' is technically invalid, as it is superceded by Prunus x subhirtella 'Pink Cloud' (see U.S. Patent 4,540), which has statutory registration authority acceptance and probably priority. Another very similarly named cultivar, Prunus campanulata 'Pink Clouds' (selected by Mark Jury of New Zealand) is also not to be confused with this; its name is questionably acceptable due to its similarity and lack of priority. For propagations of this accession that were formerly recorded as NA 74709.01, see 34928.01. Received as Prunus hyb. (serrulata x campanulata).
Prunus hybr.
Genus:
Prunus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

301092
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for Prunus hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
12/21/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus hybr.
Armeniaca hybr.
Prunus marianna ined.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishaprium  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishpeachcot  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishplum cherry  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishplumcot  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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