Details for: PI 490670, Amaranthus quitensis Kunth, LSK 160


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis Kunth
Top Name:
LSK 160
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis Kunth
Top Name:
LSK 160
Origin:
Collected – Ecuador
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected

Ecuador
Locality: Capulisneo, Pillaro District, Tungurahua Department
Elevation: 2520m.

Donated
May 1984.
Peru
Comment: Received through Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, PA
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
LSK 160
Type: Donor identifier
Sumar K. L.
Sumar Kalinowski, Luis Universidad Nacional

OB-RC S-30
Type: Collector identifier
O. Blanco and R. Castillo

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
Collected by O. Blanco and R. Castillo. Local name Sangorache. Received as A. quitensis.
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmucronate amaranth  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
EnglishSouth American amaranth  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish (Argentina)yuyo colorado  2Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 Dec 2015, from Amaranthus hybridus L. to Amaranthus quitensis Kunth
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Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • USDA ARS NCRPIS. Located at NA. Identifier: PI 490670. Inventory sample: PI 490670.
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., M. Vidal-Villarejo, & K. J. Schmid. 2020. Parallel seed color adaptation during multiple domestication attempts of an ancient New World grain. Molec. Biol. Evol. 37(5):1407-1419. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz304. Number of accessions cited: 117
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKMALE STERILITYMALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED ABSCISIONABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORRD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
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.RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (100%)90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORRED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYMARBLED INFLORESCENCEINFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).NONE - NOT PRESENT (0%)90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.SANG - SANGORACHE ("RICH-BLOOD" in SPANISH) C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-18590AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYPETIOLE PIGMENTATIONPETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyBR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 490670 88ncai03 SD
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.10081AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPEEB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYTAXONOMIC VERACITYTaxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGYTERMINAL INFLORESCENCETERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL90AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALLPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..04 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 490670 88ncai03 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..06 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 490670 84ncpo01 SDNot Available