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Details for: PI 480524,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., IC-17946
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
IC-17946
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
191
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 480524 13ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
IC-17946
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Source History
Collected
India
Locality:
Simla
Donated
September 1983.
India
Donor(s):
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
Accession Names and Identifiers
IC-17946
Type: Donor identifier
Group: NBPGR
NBPGR
Narrative
Used for baking bread. Popped seeds eaten with milk and sugar, sugar, or syrup. Leaves used as vegetable and as purgative. Fermented seeds used as a beverage. Local name Bathu.
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
note
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)
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
17 Jun 1996, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
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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 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
GENSTOCK
MALE STERILITY
MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.
FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.
190
16
AMARANTH.AMES.2012.FIELD
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
118
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
GN - GREEN (5%)
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
PB - PINK BASE BUT GREEN STEM (95%)
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 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%)
118
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
2
AMARANTH.AMES.1992
PI 480524 83ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN (100%)
118
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (1%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (99%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
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.
2
AMARANTH.AMES.1992
PI 480524 83ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TAXONOMIC VERACITY
Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.
INTR - INTERMEDIATE, HAS CHARACTERISTICS OF MORE THAN ONE SPECIES
118
AMARANTH.AMES.2013.FALL
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY
THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.
FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP
16
AMARANTH.AMES.2012.FIELD
PI 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
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 480524 83ncpo01 SD
Not Available
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 480524 92ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.085
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 480524 13ncai01 SD