Gene Pool

Aril and Arilbred Breeders

(through 1975)

Updated: May 25, 2002

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
Ahmed Aga			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
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.
Ardrun		Pod		Ancestor of many modern arilbreds.
Aril Beauty			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Artemis	*I. korolkowii* var. violacea X I. barnumae subsp. mariae	Pod	Pollen	Diploid RC ancestor of many modern arilbreds
Asoka of Nepal		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
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.
Bali Agha			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Beatrix	**I. korolkowii var. violacea X I. susiana**	Pod	Pollen	Diploid RC, parent of a number of arilmedians.
Beirut		Pod		Offspring of cross between a1/4-bred and a 1/2-bred, fertile enough to have produced some fully fertile offspring.
Beisan Aga		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Ben Hassen			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Ben Ibrim		Pod	Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Bethlehem Song			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Bethlehem Star		Pod		Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Black Joppa			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Blue Gate		Pod	Pollen	Unusually fertile quarterbred, ancestor of a number of modern arilbreds.
Blue Joy	*I. hoogiana* (a selected clone)	Pod	Pollen	Parent of a few arilbreds.
Border Queen		Pod		Only one registered offspring: Emblem.
Brown Betty		Pod	Pollen	Accepted as an oncobred by the '76 CL committee, although one chromosome count was reported as 48.
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
Chenik Aga			Pollen	Not counted, probably amphidiploid.
Decorated Delight	Selected variant of *I. stolonifera*		Pollen	Only one registered descendant: Dizzy Delight.
Dove Song		Pod	Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred.
El Kizar		Pod		Uncounted C. G. White cultivar, possibly an amphidiploid.
Engraved		Pod		Only one registered offspring: Beirut
Esther, the Queen		Pod	Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred.
Etched Beauty		Pod		Only one registered offspring: Arabian Lights
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
Grace Mohr		Pod		Indeterminant
Grand Vizier		Pod	Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced..
Grecian Form			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Hera	I. stolonifera X (I. paradoxa x I. iberica)	Pod		Triploid RC
Hermione	*(I. korolkowii* X I. susiana)**		Pollen	Diploid RC
Holiday Cheer			Pollen
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.
Imam Ahdib		Pod		C.G. White, uncounted
Imam Ahmid		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Imam Jaban		Pod		C.G. White amphidiploid
Imam Salah		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Jabal Kerak		Pod		C.G. White amphidiploid
Jallah Ahdin		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White, uncounted
Jallah Effendi		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Jocund			Pollen
Joppa Parrot			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Judean Charmer	I. atropurpurea X C.G.White 157	Pod		Aril hybrid
Judean Cream		Pod	Pollen
Judean Silver			Pollen
Kalifa Abra		Pod		C.G. White, uncounted
Kalifa Baltis		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Kalifa Fatima		Pod		C.G. White triploid. Only one registered offspring: Dove Song.
Kalifa Gulnare		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Kalifa Hirfa			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Kalifa Kabul		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Kalifa Kashan		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
King Henry		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Krim Aga		Pod		C.G. White amphidiploid
Lady Lilford	**I. paradoxa X I. pallida**		Pollen	Counted as an amphidiploid
Lady Mohr		Pod		Quarterbred, many disenrolled offspring, but not traced.
Lady of Nepal			Pollen	From complex lines, not traced.
Late Amethyst	Selected clone of *I. hoogiana*.		Pollen	Tetraploid regelia
Luna	**I. korolkowii var. violacea X I. susiana**		Pollen	Diploid RC
Ma Su Chen		Pod		Triploid of limited fertility, not traced.
Miss Mid-America		Pod		Advanced-generation halfbred., not traced.
Moonspot			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Oberon	Parentage Unknown	Pod		Diploid RC
Oyez		Pod		Diploid halfbred
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.
Petit-Point Pink		Pod	Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced
Polyhymnia	I. korolkowii var. violacea X Van Houttii	Pod		Diploid RC
Rare Spice		Pod		Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Rojo Grande	*I. susiana* X Pink Formal	Pod		Triploid, several fertile offspring registered.
Rose Aril		Pod		Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Saffron Charm	*I. stolonifera* X TB Seedling	Pod	Pollen	Stolonifera-based halfbred, not traced.
Sayyed Yarmuk			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Sea Breaker	Descendant of *I. hoogiana*		Pollen	Hooginana-based halfbred, not traced.
Seventh Praise			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Shalom			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
Sidi Pasha			Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Silken Dalliance		Pod		Stolonifera-based halfbred.
Sirona	I. korolkowii var. Leichliniana X *I. paradoxa*		Pollen	Diploid RC.
Socrates	Olbiensis X *I. korolkowii*	Pod		Apparently of limited fertility.
Sojourn			Pollen	Complex ancestry, but at least partially fertile if not a fully-fertile halfbred.
Soni Ce			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
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.
Tatai Pasha		Pod	Pollen	C.G. White amphidiploid
Tawny Empress		Pod		Advanced-generation halfbred, not traced.
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
Tuesday Song			Pollen	Advanced-generation halfbred.
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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