Details for: PI 490521, Amaranthus caudatus L., Kiwicha


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus caudatus L.
Top Name:
Kiwicha
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus caudatus L.
Top Name:
Kiwicha
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected

Peru
Locality: Panteon Punku, Paruro District, Cusco Department
Elevation: 3000m.

Donated
May 1984.
Peru
Comment: Received through Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, PA
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kiwicha
Type: Local name

RRC 883
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

LSK 253
Type: Donor identifier
Sumar Kalinowski, Luis Universidad Nacional

LFD 158
Type: Collector identifier
Feine-Dudley, Laurie

LFD-AA 158
Type: Collector identifier
Laura Feine Dudley and A. Alvarez

Ames 14990
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
The seeds are dark brown, flowers pink, leaves green and red. The RRC class type is: South American. The local name is: 'Kiwicha.' In the greenhouse it had unusually long bracts for A. caudatus and most had glomerule type flowers. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. The collectors observed: Red plant, 1.5 to 1.8 m tall. Used as a dye. Eat for chicha. Spontaneously appears in garden. Collected by A. Alvarez and L. Feine.
Amaranthus caudatus L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

2789
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753
Verified:
02/04/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Amaranthus caudatus L. subsp. caudatus
Amaranthus caudatus L. var. caudatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus caudatus L. subsp. mantegazzianus (Pass.) Hanelt
Amaranthus caudatus L. subsp. saueri V. Jehlík
Amaranthus caudatus L. var. albiflorus Moq.
Amaranthus caudatus L. var. alopecurus Moq.
Amaranthus dussii Sprenger
Amaranthus edulis Speg.
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishfoxtail  1Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
Englishfoxtail amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
EnglishInca-wheat  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlove-lies-bleeding  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishpurple amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishred-hot-cattail  1Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
Englishtassel-flower  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishvelvet-flower  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Arabickef alemhena  2Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Chineselao qiang gu老枪谷 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchamarante caudée  2Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
Frenchamarante queue-de-renard  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Frenchdiscipline des religieux  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchqueue de renard  2Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:75.
GermanGartenfuchsschwanz  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanInkaweizen  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Sanskrit)jataco  21961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Japanese Rōmajihimo-geitō  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmajisennin-koku  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesemoncos-de-Peru  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Quichua (Peru)coimi  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Quichua (Peru)cuipa  2Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanishachita  2Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Spanishbledo francés  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishkiwicha  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishquilete  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Spanishtrigo del Inca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishrävsvans  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanjulmaendeurami  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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Citations
  • Baturaygil, A. & K. Schmid. 2022. Characterization of flowering time in genebank accessions of grain amaranths and their wild relatives reveals signatures of domestication and local adaptation. Agron. Open Access 12(2):505. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12020505. Number of accessions cited: 250
  • Stetter, M. G., T. Muller, & K. J. Schmid. 2017. Genomic and phenotypic evidence for an incomplete domestication of South American grain amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus). Molec. Ecol. 26:871-886. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13974. Number of accessions cited: 117
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
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.10042AMARANTH.AMES.2000.WINTERPI 490521 90ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..05 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 490521 84ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..05 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 490521 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 490521 90ncao02 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 490521 00ncai01 SD