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Details for: PI 490759,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., RRC 251
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 251
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
192
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 251
Origin:
Collected – Nepal
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Collected
Nepal
Locality:
Patra Sanghu
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
RRC 251
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
Printed in the PI book.
Rodale Research Center
RRC SP30
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
Rodale Research Center, RD1, BOX 323, Kutztown, PA 19530 USA
Rodale Research Center
LSK 484
Type: Donor identifier
Sumar K. L.
Sumar Kalinowski, Luis Universidad Nacional
Narrative
Collected by S.N. Lohani, NA 6009 (77).
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)
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Herbarium specimen
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: PI 490759. Inventory sample: PI 490759.
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Selected from RRC 251 (Ames 2163) October 1,1980 at the RRC because it matured seeds in the field and was prolific. Documented in the RRC field book: 1979 Accession Observations 176-295.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
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 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
GENSTOCK
MALE STERILITY
MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.
FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 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%)
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
AMARANTH.AMES.1991
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN (100%)
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C (100%)
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (3%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (3%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
YL - YELLOW SEED COAT, DRIES TO RHS GREYED-ORANGE 164B (94%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 490759 88ncai03 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.
100
86
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TAXONOMIC VERACITY
Taxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.
TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
50
AMARANTH.AMES.2016.WINTER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.08
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 490759 88ncai03 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.09
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 490759 84ncpo01 SD
Not Available