Aril and Arilbred Breeders

(through 1975)

Updated: March 01, 2007

The Book of Descendants

A few words of explanation are in order, because these are historic records rather than a contemporary study. I'm posting this because it illustrates the lengths to which an aspiring hybridizer will go to gather information, and contains a great deal of the raw data I collected regarding the foundations of our modern, fertile arilbreds.

This is a very large book that will take some time to completely convert to HTML. The table below is simply a clickable index. Many entries still have no links set and no information in the Comments field. This merely means that I haven't yet processed the file. Others have none because I didn't perform this analysis for everything. It's a lot of work and I was interested in identifying those breakthrough breeders that had contributed the most to the gene pool of modern, fertile arilbreds and the species behind them. When the entire book has been uploaded, every name in the table will have either a clickable link or a comment as to why there is none.

 

Where the Charts Came From

I compiled a master list of every cultivar in the 1976 ASI Checklist that had had any descendants introduced. All of this was in the days before computerized records and I later transcribed the chart, so it is possible that I missed a breeder in compiling the or didn't get one transferred to computerized records.

In the beginning, I restricted the Descendant Analysis to first- and second-generation offspring, then later expanded the lists for certain breeders I wanted to know more about. This means that some lists are more extensive than others. Any cultivar on the list for which an extensive Descendant Analysis is available is indicated with a clickable link to it. Some with short lists have clickable links to other documents in the comments column.

Some of the cultivars introduced in the early 70s had simply not had time to have produced registered descendants, but I did not add any names to the master list on the basis of subsequent introductions. So view these as working papers, rather than a comprehensive reference book. Some of the Descendant Analyses do have very recent introductions because I've been working with those lines while others have probably not been updated since the original compilation.

The "Pod" and "Pollen" columns indicate the direction of the cross(es) in which it had been reported at that time. In many cases, one that had been previously recorded only as a pollen parent was later recorded as a pod parent (or vice versa) - but I did not attempt to maintain that part of the database.

Name

 Species Ancestry

Used As

Comments

Andromache 

 I. korolkowii X I. barnumae subsp. mariae. mariae.  

 

Pollen

Diploid RC ancestor of a number of modern arilbreds

Aphrodite

 I. lortetii X I. gatesii

 

Pollen

An onco hybrid, ancestor of some arils but no arilbreds.

Artemis

 I. korolkowii var. violacea X I. barnumae subsp.  mariae 

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC ancestor of many modern arilbreds

Bagdad Beauty

 Parentage lost, but given as ((I. susiana x I. hermona) X I. atropurpurea) in the 1962 ASI YB and (I. atropurpurea X I. hermona) in the 1971 YB. 

Pod

 

Onco hybrid, ancestor of many aril hybrids and some arilbreds.

Beatrix

 I. korolkowii var. violacea X I. susiana

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC, parent of a number of arilmedians.

Blue Joy

 I. hoogiana (a selected clone)

Pod

Pollen

Parent of a few arilbreds.

Capitola 

 Grandchild of I. gatesii and I. iberica

 

Pollen

Oncobred, parent of a large group of quarterbreds.

Charon 

 I. korolkowii var. venosa X I. atropurpurea

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC

Decorated Delight 

 Selected variant of I. stolonifera

 

Pollen

Only one registered descendant: Dizzy Delight.

Eunice 

 I. korolkowii var. concolor X I. iberica

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC

Genetic Artist

 Grandchild of I. korolkowii and I. stolonifera

 

Pollen

Amphidiploid regeliabred

Genetic Leader

 Grandchild of I. korolkowii and I. stolonifera

Pod

 

Amphidiploid regeliabred

Hera  

 I. stolonifera X (I. paradoxa x I. iberica)

Pod

 

Triploid RC

Hermione 

 (I. korolkowii X I. susiana)

 

Pollen

Diploid RC

Hoogie Boy 

 I. hoogiana X (Genevieve Serouge x Salutation)

 

Pollen

Only one registered offspring: Blue Fairy.

Hoogsan 

 I. hoogiana X San Francisco

 

Pollen

Amphidiploid hoogianabred

I. acutiloba

  

Pod

 

Onco species.  No recorded arilbred descendants

I. arenaria

  

 

Pollen

No longer classified as an aril by ASI.

I. atropurpurea

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. auranitica

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. barnumae

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. barnumae mariae

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. basaltica

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. flavissima

  

Pod

Pollen

No longer classified as an aril by ASI.

I. gatesii

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. hauranensis

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. haynei

  

Pod

 

Onco species

I. hermona

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. hoogiana

  

Pod

Pollen

Tetraploid Regelia species

I. iberica

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. jordana

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. korolkowii

  

Pod

Pollen

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii violacea

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii atropurpurea

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii concolor

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii leichtliniana

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii incarnata

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. korolkowii venosa

  

Pod

 

Diploid Regelia species

I. lortetii

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. mariae

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. meda

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. nazarena

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. nigricans

  

Pod

 

Onco species

I. paradoxa

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. polaki

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. samariae

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. sari

  

 

Pollen

Onco species

I. sofarana

  

Pod

 

Onco species

I. stolonifera

  

Pod

Pollen

Tetraploid Regelia species

I. susiana

  

Pod

Pollen

Onco species

I. urmiensis

  

Pod

 

Onco species

Ib-Mac 

 I. iberica X I. macrantha

 

Pollen

First known amphidiploid.

Judean Charmer 

 I. atropurpurea X C.G.White 157

Pod

 

Aril hybrid

Lady Lilford 

 I. paradoxa X I. pallida

 

Pollen

Counted as an amphidiploid

Late Amethyst 

 Selected clone of I. hoogiana.

 

Pollen

Tetraploid regelia

Luna 

 I. korolkowii var. violacea X I. susiana

 

Pollen

Diploid RC

Oberon

 Parentage Unknown

Pod

 

Diploid RC

Persian Brass 

 'Teucros' X I. auranitica

 

Pollen

Diploid OG

Persian Embroidery 

 'Teucros" X Austin H-16-O

 

Pollen

Diploid OG

Persian Pansy

 I. nigricans X Late Amethyst

Pod

Pollen

First known tetraploid Regeliocyclus.

Polyhymnia

 I. korolkowii var. violacea X Van Houttii

Pod

 

Diploid RC

Rojo Grande

 I. susiana X Pink Formal

Pod

 

Triploid, several fertile offspring registered.

Saffron Charm

 I. stolonifera X TB Seedling

Pod

Pollen

Stolonifera-based halfbred, not traced.

Sea Breaker

 Descendant of I. hoogiana

 

Pollen

Hooginana-based halfbred, not traced.

Sirona

 I. korolkowii var. Leichliniana X I. paradoxa

 

Pollen

Diploid RC.

Socrates

 Olbiensis X I. korolkowii

Pod

 

Apparently of limited fertility.

Spiced Coffee

 I. mariae X I. atropurpurea

 

Pollen

Onco hybrid

Spotless

 I. hoogiana X Elf Queen

Pod

 

Amphidiploid hoogianabred

Sylphide

 I. gatesii X I. lortetii, also simply RC X Onco

Pod

 

An OH and an RC distributed under this name, challenging to unscramble.

Teucros

 I. korolkowii var. concolor X I. iberica

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC

Theseus

 Parentage Unknown

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC

Thor

 Parentage Unknown

Pod

Pollen

Diploid RC

Van Houteii

 I. susiana X I. iberica

 

Pollen

Onco, not traced.

Volunteer Fireman

  

Pod

 

Quarterbred, not traced.

William Mohr

 Parisiana X I. gatesii

Pod

Pollen

Diploid oncobred

Zwanenburg

 Lutescens aurea X I. susiana

 

Pollen

An old amphidiploid, rarely used.

 

 

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