Details for: PI 634914, Amaranthus caudatus L., Ghanair

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Top Name:

Ghanair

Origin:

Collected – Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1989

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 634914 89ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Top Name:

Ghanair

Origin:

Collected – Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1989

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

25 October 1988.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Locality: Below road at Bandi Bakhalan, 5 km north of Chikar.
Coordinates: 34.1500, 73.6833 (Map it)
Elevation: 1540m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Environment description: Terraced farm. On a 5 degree slope facing northwest.
Comment: Collected on the farm of Badar Zaman White seeded grain Amaranthus were said to be in the area but we collected only black seeds.
Collector(s):

Donated

06 March 1989.

Comment: The collectors divided their sample and sent part to the RRC and part to the National Plant Germplasm System. Later the two parts were united in the NPGS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Ghanair

Type: Local name

RRC 1395

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

T&B 880459

Type: Collector identifier

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Ames 10176

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

CN447

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: BIOVERSITY

Mission ID for a Bioversity sponsored plant exploration. The link is for a collecting mission report.

, Bioversity International

MT 0588

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

A grain type, with black seeds, red foliage and a drooping, red seed head. Used as a vegetable. As reported by the collectors. The seeds are black, flowers dark pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. In the greenhouse the leaves turned reddish as the plant matured. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2789

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359011

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

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus caudatus L. subsp. mantegazzianus (Pass.) Hanelt
Amaranthus caudatus L. subsp. saueri V. Jehlík
Amaranthus caudatus L. var. albiflorus Moq.
Amaranthus caudatus L. var. alopecurus Moq.
Amaranthus dussii Sprenger
Amaranthus edulis Speg.
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	foxtail		1	Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
English	foxtail amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Inca-wheat		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	love-lies-bleeding		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	purple amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	red-hot-cattail		1	Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
English	tassel-flower		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	velvet-flower		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Arabic	kef alemhena		2	Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Chinese	lao qiang gu	老枪谷	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	amarante caudée		2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French	amarante queue-de-renard		2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
French	discipline des religieux		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	queue de renard		2	Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
German	Gartenfuchsschwanz		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Inkaweizen		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Sanskrit)	jataco		2	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Japanese Rōmaji	himo-geitō		2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji	sennin-koku		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	moncos-de-Peru		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Quichua (Peru)	coimi		2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Quichua (Peru)	cuipa		2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish	achita		2	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Spanish	bledo francés		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	kiwicha		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	quilete		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Spanish	trigo del Inca		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	rävsvans		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	julmaendeurami		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 22 Mar 1994, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus caudatus 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 (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
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.	145	25	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
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.	155	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
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.	170 (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
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.	230	14	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (100%)	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)		AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 634914 89ncai01 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%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 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%)	25	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 634914 89ncai01 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%)	50	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.1989	PI 634914 89ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)		AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	ED - CLUB-SHAPED AT TIPS, THE EDULIS, OR DETERMINATE TYPE (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	SB - SHORT SIDE BRANCHES, 1/4 OR SHORTER THAN THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH (INCLUDES SOME MANY-STEMMED WEEDS)	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	NONE - NOT PRESENT	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	ORNA - ORNAMENTAL C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185 (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	SOAM - SOUTH AMERICAN C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	25	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C (100%)	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 634914 89ncai01 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	86	AMARANTH.AMES.1989	PI 634914 89ncao01 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	14	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.WINTER	PI 634914 89ncai01 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	14	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TAXONOMIC VERACITY	Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.	ATYP - ATYPICAL (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	9 - DROOPING, WITH AT LEAST THE TERMINAL 2/3 HANGING VERTICALLY DOWN		AMARANTH.AMES.1989	PI 634914 89ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	9 - DROOPING, WITH AT LEAST THE TERMINAL 2/3 HANGING VERTICALLY DOWN	8	AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-9.PLANTED.MAY31	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	9 - DROOPING, WITH AT LEAST THE TERMINAL 2/3 HANGING VERTICALLY DOWN (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY	14	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY	25	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY (100%)	5	AMARANTH.AMES.2004.FIELD	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.057		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 634914 89ncai01 SD
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 634914 91nceo01 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	PI 634914 89ncao01 SD	Not Available