Details for: PI 667162, Amaranthus cruentus L., RRC 638

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Top Name:

RRC 638

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

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

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 667162 14ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Top Name:

RRC 638

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

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.
Mexico
Locality: Jilapa de Diaz
Habitat: Farm
Environment description: From a family farm

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 638

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

UC097

Type: Institute identifier

In a 1984 publication by Hauptli and Jain

Hauptli, H. University of California

HH 97

Type: Collector identifier

Hauptli, H. University of California

Ames 5289

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

The seeds are tan, flowers red and green, leaves green and rufescent. The RRC class type is: unique. It is said to be used as grain. It is short and bushy with leathery leaves. 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
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.			AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	100	8	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	150		AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (100%)		AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (100%)	4	AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)	44	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 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%)	8	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 667162 88ncai03 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 (100%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 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 (25%)	4	AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 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 (60%)	44	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 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.	RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (75%)	4	AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 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 (40%)	44	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (20%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	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	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RUF - RUFESCENT (MIXTURE OF RED AND GREEN PARTS OF FLOWERS, OR OTHERWISE A RUSTY LOOK) (80%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	UNIQ - UNIQUE		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	UNIQ - UNIQUE	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	UNIQ - UNIQUE	44	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	8	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (50%)		AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 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 (50%)		AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 667162 88ncai03 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.	100	7	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 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.	100	90	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 667162 88ncai03 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	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.FALL	PI 667162 90nceo01 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		AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER	PI 667162 88ncai03 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		AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY	8	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY		AMA.AMES.2015.FIELD.W-5	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
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	PI 667162 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.	.024		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 667162 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.025		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 667162 14ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.03		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 667162 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.	.03		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 667162 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.	.05		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 667162 90ncei03 SD	Not Available