Details for: Ames 2242, Amaranthus cruentus L., R 115


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Top Name:
R 115
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Mar 1981
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Top Name:
R 115
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Mar 1981
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected

Mexico

Donated
19 March 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
R 115
Type: Donor identifier
Group: RODALE
Rodale Research Center. RD 1 Box 323 Kutztown PA 19530

RRC 78S-115
Type: Donor identifier
Group: RODALE
Rodale Research Center. RD 1 Box 323 Kutztown PA 19530
Rodale Research Center

Ames 2242
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

RRC 1018
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: RODALE
Rodale Research Center. RD1 Box 323. Kutztown PA 19530
Rodale Research Center

Narrative
The seeds are white, flowers red, leaves green and red. The RRC class type is: Mexican. It had dark red flowers and stems. 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
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican-spinach  1Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
Englishblood amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishbush greens  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishcaterpillar amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
EnglishIndian-spinach  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishpanicled amaranth  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishpurple amaranth  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishred amaranth  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishred shank  1Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
EnglishSudan-spinach  1Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
Englishwild amaranth  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chineselao ya gu老鸦谷 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchamarante  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchamarante étalée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchqueue de renard  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanRispenfuchsschwanz  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanrispiger Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portugueseamaranto  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguesebredo  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanishachita  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbledo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)quintonil  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedishblodamarant  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Citations
  • Kauffman, Charles S. 1981. Improved grain amaranth varieties and their yields (3-year summary). Number of accessions cited: 0
  • Wilson, Richard L. 1986. Entomological research on amaranth at the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, Iowa. Proceedings of the 3rd Amaranth Conference, Kutztown, PA, 11-13 September 1984 192-200 in Proceedings of the third amaranth conference, grain amaranth: expanding consumption through improved cropping, marketing and crop development. Note: Cited as: Ames 2242 Number of accessions cited: 34
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