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Details for: PI 705789,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., RRC 267
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 267
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 705789 83ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 267
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Collected
PRE 18 April 1978.
Nepal
Locality:
Surkhet District, Ranimata, Nepal, 7000', Grain
Coordinates:
28.6562, 81.6292
(Map it)
Elevation:
2133m.
Georeference protocol:
Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Comment:
On the original seed packet.
Donated
18 April 1978.
Nepal
Donor(s):
Lohani, S.N., Department of Agronomy
20 February 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States
Donor(s):
Rodale Research Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 267
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
S. No. 25
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NC7.DONR.COLR.IDS
On the original seed packet accessioned at the RRC in1978.
Lohani, S.N. Department of Agronomy
NA6401/77
Type: Institute identifier
Group: NC7.DONR.COLR.IDS
These are various ID's sent NC-7 for Ames numbers.
Lohani, S.N. Department of Agronomy
RRC 78S-267
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
Ames 2179
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
The seeds are white, flowers red, pink and green, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: Nepal, spike. The Nepal type has may short side branches. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2796
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753 "
hypocondriacus
"
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359012
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/04/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
var.
hypochondriacus
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. var.
hypochondriacus
(L.) B. L. Rob.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus frumentaceus
Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Amaranthus hybridus
L. var.
erythrostachys
Moq.
Amaranthus leucocarpus
S. Watson
Amaranthus leucospermus
S. Watson
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Prince of Wales-feather
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
prince's-feather
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
prince's-feather amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Chinese
qian sui gu
千穗谷
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
German
Trauer-Fuchsschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
India
chua
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India
ramdana
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
bledo
2
Bayón, N. D.
2015. Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de
Amaranthus
(Amaranthaceae):
Amaranthus
subg.
Amaranthus
y
Amaranthus
subg.
Albersia
. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101:261-383.
DOI:
10.3417/2010080
.
Spanish (Mexico)
alegría
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)
huantli
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
toppamarant
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Assigned PI 705789 to Ames 2179. 24 Sep 2024.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 2179. Inventory sample: PI 705789.
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CHEMICAL
SEED STARCH TYPE
THE PERCENT OF OPAQUE PERISPERM SEEDS, WHICH STAIN REDISH-BROWN WITH IODINE, OR OBSERVED THROUGH LIGHT COLORED SEED COATS. A LOW PERCENT OPAQUE INDICATES A HIGH PERCENT TRANSLUCENT. REFERENCE: OKUNO AND SAKAGUCHI 1982 HEREDITY 73:467.
100
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 705789 83ncai01 SD
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.
XX - OTHER
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE)
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
NEPA - NEPAL C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 705789 83ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 705789 83ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.052
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 705789 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.
.064
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 705789 83ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.084
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 705789 90nceo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.086
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 705789 90ncei02 SD
Not Available