Details for: PI 636366, Amaranthus retroflexus L., RRC 112C

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Top Name:

RRC 112C

Origin:

Collected – Unknown

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 636366 89ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Top Name:

RRC 112C

Origin:

Collected – Unknown

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 01 September 1977.
Unknown
Comment: The origin of this accession is unknown and is not from the cited AVRDC numbers. It originated in the 1970s through a record keeping error at the RRC, which was discovered by RRC staff in the 1980's, and is documented in RRC field books

Donated

20 February 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States
Comment: The Rodale Research Center (RRC) field books are archived at the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa. Information about RRC 112B is in books 8 and 17
Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

RRC 112C

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

RRC 78S-112C

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

Ames 2050

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Re002

Type: Other or unclassified name

Used in publications by a research group at the University of Hong Kong. Listed in the Ph. D. thesis by Huaixiang Wu, 1998. Development of grain Amaranthus as a starch crop in China

Corke, Harold University of Hong Kong

A73-76

Type: Misidentified cultivar name

Group: AVRDC

This line number does not correspond to this accession but was incorrectly associated with it in the past and is retained to document the correction

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

A75-76

Type: Misidentified cultivar name

Group: AVRDC

This line number does not correspond to this accession but was incorrectly associated with it in the past and is retained to document the correction

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

Narrative

This accession is unusual for lacking hairs on the infloresence. The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: weed. Notes about these traits are recorded in the RRC field books.

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2803

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359012

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/04/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Amaranthus retroflexus var. delilei (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus retroflexus var. retroflexus (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	American pigweed			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	carelessweed			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	common amaranth			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	pigweed redroot			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	redroot			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	redroot amaranth			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	redroot pigweed			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	reflexed amaranth			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	rough pigweed			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wild-beet amaranth			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chinese	fan zhi xian	反枝苋		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)	redroot pigweed		Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 90.
French	amarante réfléchie			2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French (Canada)	amarante à racine rouge		Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 90.
German	Ackerfuchsschwanz			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	zurückgekrümmter Fuchsschwanz			2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portuguese (Brazil)	carurú-áspero			2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	amaranto común			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)	quintonil			2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedish	svinamarant			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	BLADE PIGMENTATION	BLADE PIGMENTATION, MOST CLEAR BEFORE FLOWERING. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PIGMENTATION OF SENESCENT LEAVES OR THE IRIDESCENT PURPLE COLOR UNDER SOME JUVENILE OR NEW LEAVES.	GN - NORMAL GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	WILD - WILD (INCLUDES ALL WEEDS)		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 636366 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEEDLING COLOR	THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SEEDLING WITH ANY STEM OR LEAF AMARANTHINE (RED COLORING) IN A GIVEN NUMBER OF EVALUATED SEEDLINGS. THIS DISTINGUISHES THE SEEDLINGS WITH AMARANTHINE FROM GREEN AND ORANGE SEEDLINGS. SCORE WITHIN 3 WEEKS AFTER GERM.	100	700	AMARANTH.AMES.1989	PI 636366 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 636366 89ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.044		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636366 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.047		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636366 89ncai01 SD