Details for: PI 698390, Amaranthus spinosus L., 'Burmese Spinach'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Cultivar:

'Burmese Spinach'

Origin:

Collected – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

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 698390 08ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Cultivar:

'Burmese Spinach'

Origin:

Collected – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 24 April 1978.
Taiwan

Donated

24 April 1978.
Hawaii, United States

Donor(s):

Hurov's Seeds Ha.

20 February 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

RRC 292

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

RRC 78S-292

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

'Burmese Spinach'

Type: Cultivar name

Hurov's Seeds Ha.

#30.6

Type: Donor identifier

Hurov's Seeds Ha.

Ames 2200

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Sn002

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

Narrative

This is unusual for the species because it includes some all-green plants. It may therefore be improved by breeding-selecting. The spines are weak for the species. Observed by David Brenner in 2008-2009. The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: weed. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2804

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/12/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	carelessweed		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	edlebur		1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English	needlebur		1	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
English	prickly amaranth		1	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
English	prickly calalu		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Prince-of-Wales-feather		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	spiny amaranth		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	spiny pigweed		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	thorny amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	thorny pigweed		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Chinese	ci xian	刺苋	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	épinard cochon		2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French	épinard malabre		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	dorniger Fuchsschwanz		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Malabarspinat		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)	kanta chaulai		2	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
India (Marathi)	kante math		2	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	bredo-bravo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	bredo-de-espinho		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	carurú-bravo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	carurú-de-espinho		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	bledo espinoso		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	espinaca de Malabar		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	taggamarant		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
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
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	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 (100%)	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	OTHE - OTHER	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	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	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 698390 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (11%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (77%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (12%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
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.	93.6508	126	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 698390 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TAXONOMIC VERACITY	Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.	TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	103	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.FALL	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.02		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698390 08ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.02		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698390 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.	.024		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698390 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.	.024		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698390 81ncao51 SD	Not Available