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Details for: PI 633580,
Amaranthus albus
L., AMA 65
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus albus
L.
Top Name:
AMA 65
Origin:
Collected – Saskatchewan, Canada
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
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 633580 90ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus albus
L.
Top Name:
AMA 65
Origin:
Collected – Saskatchewan, Canada
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
Saskatchewan, Canada
Locality:
Kipling.
Coordinates:
50.1333, -102.6667
(Map it)
Comment:
Kipling, written on the original seed packet.
Donated
PRE 30 May 1990.
Ontario, Canada
Comment:
On the original seed packet.
Donor(s):
Dominion Arboretum and Botanic Garden
30 May 1990.
Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Donor(s):
Leibniz-Inst fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung
Accession Names and Identifiers
AMA 65
Type: Donor identifier
Leibniz-Inst fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung
AMA 65/80
Type: Donor identifier
Leibniz-Inst fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung
Ames 13788
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
The blades are oval. The young leaves have intense coloring under the blade.
Amaranthus albus
L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101509
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1268. 1759
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
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
common tumbleweed
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
stiff tumbleweed
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
tumble pigweed
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
tumbleweed
1
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English
white 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
white pigweed
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Chinese
bai xian
白苋
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)
tumble 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 blanche
Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 89.
German
weißer Fuchsschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portuguese (Brazil)
carurú-branco
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Swedish
vit amarant
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Herbarium specimen
Located at NC-7. Inventory sample: PI 633580.
Citations
Budin, J. T. et al.
1996. Some compositional properties of seeds and oils of eight
Amaranthus
species. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 73(4):475-481.
Number of accessions cited:
20
Chan, K. F. & M. Sun.
1997. Genetic diversity and relationships detected by isozyme and RAPD analysis of crop and wild species of Amaranthus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95:865-873.
Note:
Listed as Ames 13788
Number of accessions cited:
58
Murphy, B. P. & P. J. Tranel.
2018. Identification and validation of Amaranthus species-specific SNPs within the ITS region: applications in quantitative species identification. Crop Sci. (Madison) 58:304-311.
DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2017.06.0359
.
Note:
cited as AMA65
Number of accessions cited:
35
Waselkov, K. E., A. S. Boleda, & K. M. Olsen.
2018. A phylogeny of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) based on several low-copy nuclear loci and chloroplast regions. Syst. Bot. 43:439-458.
DOI:
10.1600/036364418X697193
.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Number of accessions cited:
53
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
GROWTH HABIT
GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)
2 - (1 = ERECT, 9 = PROSTRATE)
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
GN - GREEN
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 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
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BLADE SHAPE
BLADE SHAPE ON ADULT PLANTS. SHAPES CAN BE MODIFIED WITH BLADE RATIO INFORMATION.
ELLI - ELLIPTIC WIDEST AXIS AT MIDPOINT, MARGINS SYMMETRICALLY CURVED
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING INDEX
BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)
6 - MANY BRANCHES, ALL NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEM
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 633580 90ncai01 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
145
AMARANTH.AMES.1990
PI 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 633580 90ncai01 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 633580 90ncai01 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 633580 90ncao01 SD
Not Available