Details for: PI 649218, Amaranthus caudatus L., Kiwicha

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Top Name:

Kiwicha

Origin:

Collected – Cusco, Peru

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

07 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated 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 649218 00ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Top Name:

Kiwicha

Origin:

Collected – Cusco, Peru

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

07 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

24 May 1982.
Cusco, Peru
Locality: Cochopampo, Paruro, Cuzco, Peru
Coordinates: -15.2167, -70.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 2950m.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Comment: A single plant collection.
Collector(s):

Donated

07 June 1990.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Reider, Carolyn, Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

Kiwicha

Type: Local name

RRC 880

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

LFD 155

Type: Collector identifier

Feine-Dudley, Laurie

Ames 14988

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

CN172

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: BIOVERSITY

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

, Bioversity International

Narrative

The seeds are dark brown, flowers pink, green and red, leaves green and light rufescent. The RRC class type is: South American. The local name is: 'Kiwicha.' In the greenhouse it had slightly drooping flowers. Observaitons from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. The collectors observed: Red plants with large glomerules. Primarily used for lung medicine. Planted in Nov. and harvested in April and May. Associated with corn. They eat leaves of small plants and toasted milled seeds.

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

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	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (25%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (30%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (10%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (60%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (75%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 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 (100%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 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 (25%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 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.	RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (75%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (25%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (30%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (70%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (75%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	ED - CLUB-SHAPED AT TIPS, THE EDULIS, OR DETERMINATE TYPE	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 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)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	XX - OTHER (SPECIFY)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	MARB - PRESENT	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (25%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (70%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (75%)	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 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 (30%)	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (96%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (4%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 649218 00ncai01 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.	68.1159	69	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 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.	98.7952	249	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)	200	AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TAXONOMIC VERACITY	Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.	ATYP - ATYPICAL	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 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	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	35	AMARANTH.AMES.2008.WINTER	PI 649218 00ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	9 - DROOPING, WITH AT LEAST THE TERMINAL 2/3 HANGING VERTICALLY DOWN	128	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 649218 90ncao01 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 649218 00ncai01 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 649218 90ncao01 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 649218 90ncao02 SD	Not Available