Details for: NA 88996, Clethra alnifolia L., (open-pollinated seed of NA 81114)

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Clethra alnifolia L.

Top Name:

(open-pollinated seed of NA 81114)

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

2021

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	350 milligrams		WLP 1641 2021g01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Clethra alnifolia L.

Top Name:

(open-pollinated seed of NA 81114)

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

2021

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

(open-pollinated seed of NA 81114)

Type: Other or unclassified name

USNA accession number of seed parent (open-pollinated at South Farm). The parent accession was received as 'Pinkspire' but was reported to be misidentified after flowering white.

WLP 1641

Type: Site identifier

Group: WLP

Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository Research Numbers

Wash. Park. 334-55

Type: Other or unclassified name

Donor accession number of the seed parent, NA 81114 (received from Washington Park Arboretum as their accession 334-55, identified by them as 'Pinkspire').

NA 88996

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Open-pollinated seed of NA 81114 growing at South Farm, collected in 2021. From the record of the parent accession, NA 81114: "Cuttings obtained from a supposed original introduction (second distribution) of Clethra alnifolia 'Pinkspire', bred and selected from seedling lot NA 26887 by O. M. Freeman at the U.S. National Arboretum. From OP seed of NA 7779 (C. alnifolia 'Darlington', acquired from Coville and possibly from Elizabeth White of New Jersey) growing near another pinkish-flowered selection (possibly NA 7781); per Freeman letter no white-flowered clones were present on the grounds at that time. Seed produced in 1939 germinated in 1940, and one outstanding, non-fading pink clone was selected and named 'Pinkspire'. PI book record: "190213. Clethra alnifolia. From Washington, D.C. Cuttings obtained from the National Arboretum. Received August 16, 1950. Pinkspire." This introduction was never accessioned before, so NA 81114 will serve as the original NA accession of this USNA introduction. [IMPORTANT NOTE: Upon flowering, it was evident that this is not 'Pinkspire'; the flowers are entirely white with no trace of pink. Either the accession was mislabeled at the point of origin or it had somehow sported to an all-white version. Removing references to PI number and other numbers associated with the original clone.]"

Clethra alnifolia L.

Genus:

Clethra

Family:

Clethraceae

Nomen number:

10901

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:396. 1753, nom. cons.

Comment:

conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/11/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	coastal sweet pepperbush	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	pink-spire	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	summersweet	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	sweet pepperbush	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Swedish	konvaljbuske	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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