Details for: PI 481256, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., IC-42281-5


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Top Name:
IC-42281-5
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 481256 97ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Top Name:
IC-42281-5
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Source History
Collected

India
Locality: Tungar, Pauri

Collector(s):
Donated
September 1983.
India

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
IC-42281-5
Type: Donor identifier
Group: NBPGR
NBPGR

Narrative
Collected by B.D. Joshi. Used for baking bread. Popped seeds eaten with milk and sugar, sugar, or syrup. Leaves used as vegetable and as purgative. Dried stems burned (folklore). Local name Marchu.
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
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 01 Apr 1998, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
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Citations
  • Joshi, B. D. 1981. Exploration for Amaranth in Northwest India. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 48:41-50. Note: Collections in October-November 1978, 1979, and 1980 Number of accessions cited: 893
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHGROWTH HABITGROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)1 - ERECT57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORGN - GREEN57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 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.GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYBRANCHING INDEXBRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)9 - BRANCHES ALL ALONG THE STEM57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE DENSITYINFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)5 - INTERMEDIATE57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE SHAPEINFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)SK - SPIKE, AT LEAST 4 VERTICAL SPIKES (LONG SIDE BRANCHES) THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH, OR LONGER57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPETIOLE PIGMENTATIONPETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)GN - GREEN57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEX TYPESEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTERMINAL INFLORESCENCETERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE1 - ERECT57AMARANTH.AMES.1997PI 481256 83ncpo01 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 481256 83ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 481256 97ncai01 SD