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Details for: Ames 5105,
Amaranthus dubius
Mart. ex Thell., RRC 315
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus dubius
Mart. ex Thell.
Top Name:
RRC 315
Origin:
Collected – Seychelles
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
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
Ames 5105 86ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus dubius
Mart. ex Thell.
Top Name:
RRC 315
Origin:
Collected – Seychelles
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Collected
PRE 13 July 1978.
Seychelles
Donated
13 July 1978.
Puerto Rico, United States
Donor(s):
USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station
15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States
Donor(s):
Rodale Research Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 315
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
MITA 98
Type: Institute identifier
USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Ames 5105
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
98
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: NC7.DONR.COLR.IDS
These are various ID's sent NC-7 for Ames numbers.
Du001
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
The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: vegetable. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Amaranthus dubius
Mart. ex Thell.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101534
Place of publication:
Fl. adv. Montpellier 203. 1912 Jan (Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38(sér. 4, vol. 8):679. 1912; P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1):265. 1914)
Verified:
05/26/2004
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
spleen amaranth
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
French
brède de Malabar
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
carurú
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
bledo
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
bledos malezas
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
pira
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.
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Herbarium specimen
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 5105. Inventory sample: Ames 5105.
Citations
Chan, K. F. & M. Sun.
1997. Genetic diversity and relationships detected by isozyme and RAPD analysis of crop and wild species of Amaranthus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95:865-873.
Number of accessions cited:
58
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
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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.
CVEG - CULTIVATED VEGETABLE
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
Ames 5105 86ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
Ames 5105 86ncai01 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
Ames 5105 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.
.028
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 5105 86ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.031
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 5105 86ncao01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.037
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 5105 90ncei02 SD
Not Available