Details for: PI 677064, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., RRC 1320


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Top Name:
RRC 1320
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pashchimanchal, Nepal
Received by NPGS:
07 Jun 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 677064 03ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Top Name:
RRC 1320
Origin:
Collected – Madhya Pashchimanchal, Nepal
Received by NPGS:
07 Jun 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
1985.
Karnali Zone, Madhya Pashchimanchal, Nepal
Locality: From Jumla.
Coordinates: 29.2500, 82.2500 (Map it)
Elevation: 2390m.
Environment description: Comes up as a weed in gardens, re-seeds.
Comment: Not used for food. Resembles Amaranthus hybridus.
Collector(s):
Donated
1986.
Nepal
Comment: Donated by Tribuhaven University to Charles Kaufffman (of the RRC) during Kauffman's travel in Nepal.
Donor(s):
07 June 1990.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 1320
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

TU-A80
Type: Institute identifier
Tribuhaven University

N30
Type: Collector identifier
Kauffman, C. S. Rodale Res. Ctr.

Ames 15248
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
The seeds are white and dark brown, flowers pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. It was of uniform type, but segregates for seed color. It did not mature in the field at RRC. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catlaog. Emmaus, PA. Kauffnam noted in 1986, Nepal, that: Seeds totally black. Mostly red flowers with some green.
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

2796
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753 "hypocondriacus"
Verified:
02/04/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. hypochondriacus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus L. var. hypochondriacus (L.) B. L. Rob.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Amaranthus hybridus L. var. erythrostachys Moq.
Amaranthus leucocarpus S. Watson
Amaranthus leucospermus S. Watson

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishPrince of Wales-feather  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishprince's-feather  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishprince's-feather amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chineseqian sui gu千穗谷 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
GermanTrauer-Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Indiachua  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiaramdana  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbledo  2Bayón, N. D. 2015. Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101:261-383. DOI: 10.3417/2010080.
Spanish (Mexico)alegría  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)huantli  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)quintonil  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedishtoppamarant  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
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  • Passport Data Verified: Kauffman's 1986 notes on file in Ames, Iowa. 01 Jul 2015.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Jha, P. K., J. P. Sah, & M. K. Chettri. 1987. Amaranth distribution in Nepal. Amaranth Newsletter 3:3-4. Note: A publication by the Tribuhaven University Amaranth group, that donated the germplasm Number of accessions cited: 9
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKMALE STERILITYMALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED ABSCISIONABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE 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 (100%)135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORRUF - RUFESCENT (MIXTURE OF RED AND GREEN PARTS OF FLOWERS, OR OTHERWISE A RUSTY LOOK) (100%)135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE SHAPEINFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)SB - SHORT SIDE BRANCHES, 1/4 OR SHORTER THAN THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH (INCLUDES SOME MANY-STEMMED WEEDS)135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPETIOLE PIGMENTATIONPETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C (100%)135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyBR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (59%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 677064 90ncao02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyWH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (41%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 677064 90ncao02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEEDLING COLORTHE 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.100240AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPERB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 677064 90ncao02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTAXONOMIC VERACITYTaxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTERMINAL INFLORESCENCETERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE1 - ERECT135AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FALLPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 677064 03ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 677064 90ncao02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 677064 90ncao03 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 677064 90ncao52 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 677064 90ncao01 SDNot Available