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Details for: PI 494771,
Amaranthus cruentus
L., ZFA 3330
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus
L.
Top Name:
ZFA 3330
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1983
PI Assigned:
1985
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
193
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
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(2
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus
L.
Top Name:
ZFA 3330
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1983
PI Assigned:
1985
Source History
Collected
Zambia
Locality:
Farmstore, Nyakakone, 83km from Kubompo to Zambezi, Northwes tern Province
Coordinates:
-13.8333, 23.8333
(Map it)
Donated
August 1983.
Italy
Comment:
Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Attere, A.F., IBPGR
Mubiana, W., Department of Agriculture
Ndumba, E.K., Department of Agriculture
Accession Names and Identifiers
ZFA 3330
Type: Donor identifier
Attere et al. F.
CN212
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: BIOVERSITY
Mission ID for a Bioversity sponsored plant exploration. The link is for a collecting mission report.
, Bioversity International
Narrative
Local name Lenga Lenga.
Amaranthus cruentus
L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
70070
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1269. 1759
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587188
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/04/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
cruentus
(L.) Thell.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus chlorostachys
Willd.
Amaranthus flavus
L.
Amaranthus paniculatus
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
African-spinach
1
Costea, M. et al.
2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the
Amaranthus hybridus
species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
English
blood amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
bush greens
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
caterpillar amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
Indian-spinach
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English
panicled amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
purple amaranth
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
red amaranth
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
red shank
1
Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds.
1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
English
Sudan-spinach
1
Costea, M. et al.
2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the
Amaranthus hybridus
species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
English
wild amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinese
lao ya gu
老鸦谷
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
French
amarante
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French
amarante étalée
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
queue de renard
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Rispenfuchsschwanz
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
rispiger Fuchsschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portuguese
amaranto
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese
bredo
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish
achita
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
bledo
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
blodamarant
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
28 Dec 1993, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Amaranthus cruentus
L.
Other Links
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 27 Aug 1993. Located at NC7. Inventory sample: PI 494771.
Citations
Blair M.W., J.M. Londoño, M.A. Buitrago-Bitar, X. Wu, & D.M. Brenner.
2023. Differentiation of Andean and Mesoamerican accessions in a proposed core collection of grain amaranths. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1144681.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1144681
.
Note:
The accessions are not listed in the publication but were provided separately by the authors.
Number of accessions cited:
203
Pedigree
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Observations
Phenotype Data
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Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GENSTOCK
MALE STERILITY
MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.
FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
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.
SP - SPECKLED (100%)
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
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MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN (100%)
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
CRVAFT - A. cruentus Cultivated Vegetable African Typical green Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
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
500
AMARANTH.AMES.1993
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
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
92
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
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
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL
31
AMARANTH.AMES.2015.WINTER
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PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.04
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 494771 88ncai03 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 494771 85ncpo01 SD
Not Available