Details for: PI 689742, Amaranthus hybridus L., RRC 1223

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hybridus L.

Top Name:

RRC 1223

Origin:

Collected – Botswana

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Wild material

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 689742 88ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hybridus L.

Top Name:

RRC 1223

Origin:

Collected – Botswana

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

22 July 1984.
Botswana
Locality: Gabarone
Coordinates: -24.6282, 25.9231 (Map it)
Elevation: 1003m.
Georeference protocol: Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Comment: Very tall roadside weed growing in a low area, red flowers.
Collector(s):

Francis, Charles A., University of Nebraska

Donated

15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

RRC 1223

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

Ames 5693

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

The seeds are black, flowers light pink and dark pink, leaves green with pink veins. It was very tall and did not mature at RRC. It is like RRC 1136, RRC 1188 and RRC 1222. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus hybridus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2795

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753

Comment:

Amaranthus hybridus auct., in part = A. hypochondriacus

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/04/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hypochondriacus (0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. powellii (0 active accession[s])

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

Autonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. hybridus
Amaranthus hybridus L. var. hybridus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus incurvatus Timeroy ex Gren. & Godr.
Amaranthus patulus Bertol.

Invalid Designation(s)
Amaranthus chlorostachys auct.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	green amaranth			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	green pigweed			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	hybrid amaranth			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	slim amaranth			1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English	smooth amaranth			1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English	smooth pigweed			1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	spleen amaranth			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	wild cabbage			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinese	lü sui xian	绿穗苋		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Chinese	tai wan xian	台湾苋	as Amaranthus patulus	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)	smooth pigweed		Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 89.
French (Canada)	amarante hybride		Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 89.
German	ausgebreiteter Fuchsschwanz			2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Japanese Rōmaji	hoso-ao-geitō			2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Spanish (Mexico)	quintonil			2	Pérez-Negrón, E. & A. Casas. 2007. Use, extraction rates and spatial availability of plant resources in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley, Mexico: The case of Santiago Quiotepec, Oaxaca. J. Arid Environm. 70:356-379. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.12.016. Note: cites this species as locally gathered and consumed
Swedish	nålamarant			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Oct 2004, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus hybridus L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	34	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALL	PI 689742 88ncai01 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 (100%)	34	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALL	PI 689742 88ncai01 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.	RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	PNK - LIGHT AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 62B OR LIGHTER (PINK)		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)	34	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALL	PI 689742 88ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	UNIQ - UNIQUE		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 689742 88ncai01 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	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALL	PI 689742 88ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 689742 88ncai01 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	34	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALL	PI 689742 88ncai01 SD
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 689742 88ncai01 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 689742 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.	.03		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 689742 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 689742 90nceo01 SD	Not Available