Details for: PI 698391, Amaranthus cruentus L., 'Sierra Leone Spinach'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Cultivar:

'Sierra Leone Spinach'

Origin:

Collected – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Landrace

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 698391 21ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Cultivar:

'Sierra Leone Spinach'

Origin:

Collected – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

20 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 24 April 1978.
Taiwan
Comment: Since one of the names is Sierra Leon Spinach that is the most likely origin but sourced via 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 293

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

RRC 78S-293

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

'Sierra Leone Spinach'

Type: Cultivar name

Hurov's Seeds Ha.

#30.4

Type: Donor identifier

Hurov's Seeds Ha.

Ames 2201

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

The seeds are dark brown, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: African. There is some dry down with dwarf segregates. 'Sierra Leone Spinach' There are some pink flowered segregates possibly due to outcrossing. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

70070

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1269. 1759

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587188

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/04/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.
Amaranthus flavus L.
Amaranthus paniculatus L.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	African-spinach		1	Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
English	blood amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	bush greens		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	caterpillar amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Indian-spinach		1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	panicled amaranth		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	purple amaranth		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	red amaranth		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	red shank		1	Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
English	Sudan-spinach		1	Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
English	wild amaranth		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinese	lao ya gu	老鸦谷	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	amarante		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	amarante étalée		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	queue de renard		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Rispenfuchsschwanz		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	rispiger Fuchsschwanz		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portuguese	amaranto		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese	bredo		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish	achita		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	bledo		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	blodamarant		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
COMMENT	REFERENCE ACCESSION	REFERENCE FOR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS	dry-down		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
COMMENT	REFERENCE ACCESSION	REFERENCE FOR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS	early maturity	51	AMARANTH.AMES.2024.FIELD	PI 698391 21ncai01 SD
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (60%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (30%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (10%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 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 (75%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 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.	SP - SPECKLED (25%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (60%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (40%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	MARB - PRESENT (10%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	AFRI - AFRICAN Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (25%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C (75%)	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 698391 90ncab01 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.	55.9486	311	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 698391 90ncab01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TAXONOMIC VERACITY	Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.	ATYP - ATYPICAL	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 81ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	137	AMARANTH.AMES.2021.FALL.CAMPUS.GH	PI 698391 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.	.034		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698391 83ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.04		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698391 90ncei02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.041		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698391 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.	.044		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698391 90ncei01 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 698391 21ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.05		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 698391 90ncab01 SD	Not Available