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Details for: PI 490657,
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth, Duplicate of PI 566896
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Duplicate of PI 566896
Origin:
Collected – Arizona, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Inventory Volume:
192
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Duplicate of PI 566896
Origin:
Collected – Arizona, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected
Arizona, United States
Locality:
Arizona
Collector(s):
Nabhan, G., Desert Botanic Gardens
Donated
May 1984.
Peru
Comment:
Received through Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, PA
Donor(s):
Sumar K., L., Programa de Investigacion Amaranthus
Accession Names and Identifiers
Duplicate of PI 566896
Type: Duplicate accession name
Group: AMES.PI.DUPES
These are PI's for accessions with another active PI number.
RRC 537
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
LSK 113
Type: Donor identifier
Sumar, K. L.
GN 1101
Type: Collector identifier
Documented in the RRC catalog for RRC 537.
Nabhan, Gary University of Arizona
CN172
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: BIOVERSITY
Mission ID for a Bioversity sponsored plant exploration. The link is for a collecting mission report.
, Bioversity International
Narrative
The seeds are black, flowers carmine, leaves amaranthine. The RRC class type is: unique. It is said to be used as dye. It has Lygus resistance, drydown and is very branched. It is eary maturing with good seed yield. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Collected by G. Nabhan, GN 1101. Maturity early. Seed yield good.
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2802
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:156[folio]; 2:194[quarto]. 1818
Verified:
02/05/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
mucronate amaranth
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
South American amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish (Argentina)
yuyo colorado
2
Burkart, A. E., ed.
1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
04 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth to
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Nomenclature Name Change:
05 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
03 Apr 1997, from
Amaranthus cruentus
L. to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
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. Located at NA. Identifier: PI 490657. Inventory sample: PI 490657.
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