Details for: PI 702952, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., Bethu

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Top Name:

Bethu

Origin:

Collected – Sudūr Pashchim, Nepal

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

04 Nov 1991

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Life Habit:

Forb

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 702952 92ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Top Name:

Bethu

Origin:

Collected – Sudūr Pashchim, Nepal

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

04 Nov 1991

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Life Habit:

Forb

Source History

Collected

23 October 1987.
Sudūr Pashchim, Nepal
Locality: Bhatiyada village, district Baitadi.
Coordinates: 29.5170, 80.4670 (Map it)
Elevation: 2020m.
Georeference protocol: Center of 2nd Order Admin Level

Donated

04 November 1991.
Nepal

Donor(s):

Baniya, B. K., Ministry of Agriculture

Accession Names and Identifiers

Bethu

Type: Local name

Accn No. 471-A

Type: Donor identifier

Hill Crops Research Program, Nepal

S. No. 6

Type: Donor identifier

Group: NC7.DONR.COLR.IDS

Hill Crops Research Program, Nepal

No. 1433

Type: Collector identifier

Ames 18015

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2796

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753 "hypocondriacus"

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359012

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	Prince of Wales-feather		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	prince's-feather		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	prince's-feather amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chinese	qian sui gu	千穗谷	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
German	Trauer-Fuchsschwanz		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
India	chua		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India	ramdana		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	bledo		2	Bayón, 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		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)	huantli		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)	quintonil		2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedish	toppamarant		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 03 Feb 1994, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	SEED STARCH TYPE	THE PERCENT OF OPAQUE PERISPERM SEEDS, WHICH STAIN REDISH-BROWN WITH IODINE, OR OBSERVED THROUGH LIGHT COLORED SEED COATS. A LOW PERCENT OPAQUE INDICATES A HIGH PERCENT TRANSLUCENT. REFERENCE: OKUNO AND SAKAGUCHI 1982 HEREDITY 73:467.	100		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 702952 92ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (3%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 702952 92ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (97%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 702952 92ncai01 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	95	AMARANTH.AMES.1992	PI 702952 91ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 702952 92ncai01 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 702952 91ncao01 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 702952 92ncai01 SD