Details for: PI 667180, Chenopodium giganteum D. Don, Balamun


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Top Name:
Balamun
Origin:
Collected – Arunachal Pradesh, India
Received by NPGS:
09 Mar 1992
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 667180 20ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Top Name:
Balamun
Origin:
Collected – Arunachal Pradesh, India
Received by NPGS:
09 Mar 1992
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 12 September 1991.
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Locality: Eastern Himalayas, Tawang subdivision of Kameng district, around Shyaro.
Coordinates: 27.5883, 91.8653 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Center of 2nd Order Admin Level
Environment description: Cultivated as a grain crop.
Comment: Kameng District, around Shyaro, Documented in the 1990 publication by Pal and Shukla
Collector(s):
Donated
12 September 1991.
Uttar Pradesh, India
Comment: M. Pal gave seeds to H.D. Wilson
Donor(s):
09 March 1992.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Balamun
Type: Local name

Col. #6194
Type: Donor identifier
Hugh Wilson, Texas A&M, College Station, TX

XX286
Type: Donor identifier
Hugh Wilson, Texas A&M, College Station, TX

Ames 19046
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
A crop plant grown for grain production. Seed observation by Brenner in 2012: The seeds are distinctly tan color, except that many have a little black on the hilum. They seem to lack the usual black seed coat, so that underlying colors are visible.
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:

311134
Place of publication:

Prodr. fl. nepal. 75. 1825
Comment:
  • controversial name
  • may = C. album subsp. amaranticolor
Verified:
03/11/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chenopodium album L. subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn.
Chenopodium amaranticolor (Coste & A. Reyn.) Coste & Reyn.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmagentaspreen  1Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
Englishtree-spinach  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanSpinatbaum  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedishpraktmålla  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezhang li  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Name Has Been Verified: 16 Nov 2012, from Chenopodium giganteum D. Don to Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
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Citations
  • Bhargava, A., S. Shukla, & D. Ohri. 2007. Evaluation of foliage and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials. Euphytica 153:199-213. Note: Lists this accession as Ames 19046 Number of accessions cited: 7
  • Christensen, S. A., D. B. Pratt, C. Pratt, P. T. Nelson, M. R. Stevens, E. N. Jellen, C. E. Coleman, D. J. Fairbanks, A. Bonifacio, & P. J. Maughan. 2007. Assessment of genetic diversity in the USDA and CIP-FAO international nursery collections of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) using microsatellite markers. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 5:82-95. Note: Sample ID/name Cgig Number of accessions cited: 123
  • LoPresti, E. F. 2014. Chenopod salt bladders deter insect herbivores. Oecologia 174:921-930. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2827-0. Number of accessions cited: 13
  • Pal, M. & S. Shukla. 1990. An hexaploid grain chenopod from Eastern Himalayas. Newsletter of Himalayan Botany No.8:12-14 Note: A copy was provided by the donors. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Walsh, B. M., D. Adhikary, P. J. Maughan, E. Emishwillwe, & E. N. Jellen. 2015. Chenopodium polyploidy infrences from salt overly sensitive 1 (SOS1) data. Amer. J. Bot. 102:533-543. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400344. Note: as Ames 19046 Number of accessions cited: 16
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTCOMMENTObservations made by cooperators or curators while evaluating or regenerating germplasm. Usually these observations are not published and need verification.tan seed color AMARANTH.AMES.2012.FALLPI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
FLWR-FRUITPANICLE FORMThe frequency of each panicle formGLOM - Glomerule form, glomurules branched, pediciles visible under flowers403AMARANTH.AMES.2020.FALL.CAMPUS.GHPI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITYThe seed maturity before frost.LATE - NO PLANTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MATURE SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.JUNE14PI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITYThe seed maturity before frost.LATE - NO PLANTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MATURE SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY4AMA.AMES.2014.FIELD.SF-2PI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 Seed WeightThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..06 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 Seed WeightThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 667180 92ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 Seed WeightThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 667180 20ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONMale SterilityMale sterility - pollen is not viableFERT - No sterility observed AMARANTH.AMES.2012.FALLPI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONMale SterilityMale sterility - pollen is not viableFERT - No sterility observed403AMARANTH.AMES.2020.FALL.CAMPUS.GHPI 667180 94ncai01 SDNot Available