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Details for: PI 669830,
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth, RRC 596
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
RRC 596
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
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
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 669830 94ncai02 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
RRC 596
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
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
Source History
Collected
1979.
Ecuador
Locality:
Cuenca
Collector(s):
Hauptli, H., University of California
Donated
December 1979.
California, United States
Comment:
Donated by H. Hauptli to the RRC
Donor(s):
Hauptli, H., University of California
15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States
Donor(s):
Rodale Research Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 596
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
HH 57
Type: Collector identifier
Hauptli, H. University of California
Ames 5247
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
The seeds are dark brown, flowers dark wine red, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: sangorache. It is said to be used as a food and drink colorant. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2802
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:156[folio]; 2:194[quarto]. 1818
Verified:
02/05/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
mucronate amaranth
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
South American amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish (Argentina)
yuyo colorado
2
Burkart, A. E., ed.
1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
04 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth to
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Nomenclature Name Change:
05 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
05 Jun 1997, from
Amaranthus hybridus
L. to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
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Herbarium specimen
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 5247. Inventory sample: PI 669830.
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 05 May 1994. Located at NC7. Identifier: PI 669830. Inventory sample: PI 669830. Row 101.
Citations
Baturaygil, A. & K. Schmid.
2022. Characterization of flowering time in genebank accessions of grain amaranths and their wild relatives reveals signatures of domestication and local adaptation. Agron. Open Access 12(2):505.
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy12020505
.
Note:
Lists this accession as Ames 5247
Number of accessions cited:
250
Blair M.W., J.M. Londoño, M.A. Buitrago-Bitar, X. Wu, & D.M. Brenner.
2023. Differentiation of Andean and Mesoamerican accessions in a proposed core collection of grain amaranths. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1144681.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1144681
.
Note:
The accessions are not listed in the publication but were provided separately by the authors.
Number of accessions cited:
203
Hauptli, H., R. L. Lutz, & S. K. Jain.
1980. Germ plasm exploration in Central and South America. Proceedings of the 2nd Amaranth Conference, Kutztown, PA, 13-14 September 1979 117-122.
Note:
Collections in 1979
Number of accessions cited:
113
Kietlinski, K. D., F. Jimenez, E. N. Jellen, P. J. Maughan, S. M. Smith, & D. B. Pratt.
2014. Relationships between the weedy
Amaranthus hybridus
(Amaranthaceae) and the grain amaranths. Crop Sci. (Madison) 54:220-228.
DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0173
.
Note:
Listed in the paper as Ames 5247
Number of accessions cited:
52
Stetter, M. G., M. Vidal-Villarejo, & K. J. Schmid.
2020. Parallel seed color adaptation during multiple domestication attempts of an ancient New World grain. Molec. Biol. Evol. 37(5):1407-1419.
DOI:
10.1093/molbev/msz304
.
Note:
entered as Ames 5247
Number of accessions cited:
117
Wu, Xinbo & M. W. Blair.
2017. Diversity in grain amaranths and relatives distinguished by genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Front. Plant Sci. 8:1960.
DOI:
10.3389/fpls.2017.01960
.
Number of accessions cited:
94
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
TE - UTRICLE ABCISES WITH TEPALS, THEN SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
123
AMARANTH.AMES.1994
PI 669830 94ncai02 SD
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.
XX - OTHER
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE)
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
SANG - SANGORACHE ("RICH-BLOOD" in SPANISH) C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 669830 94ncai02 SD
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.
100
105
AMARANTH.AMES.1994
PI 669830 90nceo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 669830 94ncai02 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 669830 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.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 669830 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.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 669830 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.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 669830 94ncai02 SD