Details for: Ames 5311, Amaranthus tricolor L., Fota Kira

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Top Name:

Fota Kira

Origin:

Collected – 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 5311 01ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Top Name:

Fota Kira

Origin:

Collected – 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

PRE 01 January 1981.
India

Collector(s):

Fisher, L.

Donated

01 January 1981.
United States

Donor(s):

Daloz, Charles, Rodale Research Center

15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

Fota Kira

Type: Local name

RRC 660

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

Ames 5311

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

The seeds are black, flowers green and pinkish-green, leaves green, variegated and rufescent. The RRC class type is: weedy. Local name: 'Fota Kira.' It is from the L. Fisher collection, purchased in an Indian store. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Albersia

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2807

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:989. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/12/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. tricolor

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus gangeticus L.
Amaranthus gangeticus L. var. gangeticus
Amaranthus gangeticus L. var. melancholicus (L.) Voss
Amaranthus mangostanus L.
Amaranthus melancholicus L.
Amaranthus polygamus L.
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. mangostanus (L.) Thell.
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. tristis (L.) Thell.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese amaranth			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Chinese-spinach			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Joseph's-coat			1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	summer-poinsettia			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	tampala			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	xian	苋		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	amarante comestible			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	amarante tricolore			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Gemüseamarant			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	surinamesischer Fuchsschwanz			2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
India	math			2	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
Indonesian	aupa			2	Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Japanese Rōmaji	hageitō			2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Japanese Rōmaji	hiyu		as Amaranthus mangostanus	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Spanish	amaranto			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	moco de pavo			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	papegojamarant			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	saegbireum			2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 04 Dec 2001, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus tricolor L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (10%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (5%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (60%)	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (40%)	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (85%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	CS - CENTRAL SPOT (5%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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 (100%)	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 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.	GN - NORMAL GREEN (90%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (10%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	XX - OTHER		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	AT - IN LEAF AXILS AND TERMINAL (especially for some Amaranthus tricolor)	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	TWILDR - A. tricolor Resembles PI 599683 the wild type with triangular leaf blades and red stems	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (10%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 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 (90%)	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 90nceo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (5%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	Ames 5311 88ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (95%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5311 01ncai01 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.	92.667	150	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	93.617	94	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	Ames 5311 88ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TAXONOMIC VERACITY	Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.	TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES	50	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALL	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	87	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	Ames 5311 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.	.08		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 88ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.08		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 88ncai02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.08		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 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.	.085		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 01ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.09		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 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.	.1		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 90ncei03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.11		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	Ames 5311 90ncei02 SD	Not Available