Details for: PI 500237, Amaranthus spinosus L., ZM 1554

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Top Name:

ZM 1554

Origin:

Collected – Zambia

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Nov 1981

PI Assigned:

1986

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

194
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 500237 01ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Top Name:

ZM 1554

Origin:

Collected – Zambia

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Nov 1981

PI Assigned:

1986

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

14 May 1981.
Zambia
Locality: Somboko, Mongu District, Western Province
Coordinates: -15.3833, 23.1833 (Map it)

Donated

November 1981.
Italy
Comment: Received through Intern. Board for Pl. Genetic Resources (IBPGR), Rome, Italy
Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

ZM 1554

Type: Donor identifier

Mount Makulu Res. Station, K.L. Mehra, G. Mulega & W. Mahle

ZM-1554

Type: Donor identifier

Mount Makulu Res. Station, K.L. Mehra, G. Mulega & W. Mahle

CN209

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: BIOVERSITY

Mission ID for a Bioversity sponsored plant exploration. The link is for a collecting mission report.

, Bioversity International

Narrative

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Amaranthus

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2804

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:991. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/12/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	carelessweed		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	edlebur		1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English	needlebur		1	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
English	prickly amaranth		1	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
English	prickly calalu		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Prince-of-Wales-feather		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	spiny amaranth		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	spiny pigweed		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	thorny amaranth		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	thorny pigweed		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Chinese	ci xian	刺苋	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	épinard cochon		2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French	épinard malabre		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	dorniger Fuchsschwanz		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Malabarspinat		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)	kanta chaulai		2	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
India (Marathi)	kante math		2	Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	bredo-bravo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	bredo-de-espinho		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	carurú-bravo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	carurú-de-espinho		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	bledo espinoso		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	espinaca de Malabar		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	taggamarant		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 03 Aug 1993, from Amaranthus spp. to Amaranthus spinosus L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	TB - UTRICLE ABCISES WITH TEPALS, THEN BURSTS IRREGULARLY		AMARANTH.AMES.1993	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	TB - UTRICLE ABCISES WITH TEPALS, THEN BURSTS IRREGULARLY	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 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.	V - ONE STRIPE (V-SHAPED) (100%)	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.AMES.1993	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	LB - LONG SIDE BRANCHES, GREATER THAN 1/4 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 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%)	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 500237 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	165	AMARANTH.AMES.1993	PI 500237 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	131	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 500237 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	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	33	AMARANTH.AMES.2001	PI 500237 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.	.012		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 500237 86ncpo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.015		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 500237 01ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.016		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 500237 88ncai03 SD	Not Available