Details for: Ames 5136, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., RRC 368

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Top Name:

RRC 368

Origin:

Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Life Habit:

Forb

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		Ames 5136 97ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Top Name:

RRC 368

Origin:

Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Life Habit:

Forb

Source History

Collected

1978.
Uttar Pradesh, India
Locality: Unjha
Georeference protocol: Center of 1st administrative level

Collector(s):

Jain, Subodh, University of California

Donated

15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

RRC 368

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

Ames 5136

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. There were some disease problems in the field in Pennsylvania. In the greenhouse it segregates for time of maturity. 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	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)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
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	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5136 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	GROWTH HABIT	GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)	1 - ERECT	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 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%)	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BRANCHING INDEX	BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)	1 - NO BRANCHES	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RUF - RUFESCENT (MIXTURE OF RED AND GREEN PARTS OF FLOWERS, OR OTHERWISE A RUSTY LOOK)	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)	7 - (1 = LAX, 9 = DENSE)	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	LB - LONG SIDE BRANCHES, GREATER THAN 1/4 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	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	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (100%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5136 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5136 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEX TYPE	SEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	59	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	Ames 5136 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.	.061		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5136 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.	.066		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5136 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.	.07		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5136 97ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.071		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5136 90nceo01 SD	Not Available