Details for: PI 511726, Amaranthus cruentus L., Alegria


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Top Name:
Alegria
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1984
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Top Name:
Alegria
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1984
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
24 August 1979.
Mexico
Locality: Seed store, Abarrotes El Mar, Cordoba
Elevation: 1050m.
Habitat: Market or shop
Environment description: Market

Collector(s):
Donated
October 1984.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Alegria
Type: Local name

RRC 640
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

UC099
Type: Institute identifier
In a 1984 publication by Hauptli and Jain
Hauptli, H. University of California

UCA099
Type: Institute identifier
as cited in 1985
Hauptli, H. University of California

99
Type: Donor identifier

HH 99
Type: Collector identifier
Hauptli, H. University of California

Ames 5291
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Cr063
Type: Other or unclassified name
Used in publications by a research group at the University of Hong Kong. Listed in the Ph. D. thesis by Huaixiang Wu, 1998. Development of grain Amaranthus as a starch crop in China
Corke, Harold University of Hong Kong

Narrative
The seeds are white, gold, and brown, flowers green and marbled, leaves green and variegated. The RRC class type is: mercado, Mexican. It is said to be used as grain. The mercado type was uniform and had high seed yield. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Amaranthus cruentus L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

70070
Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1269. 1759
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican-spinach  1Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
Englishblood amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishbush greens  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishcaterpillar amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
EnglishIndian-spinach  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishpanicled amaranth  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishpurple amaranth  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishred amaranth  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishred shank  1Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
EnglishSudan-spinach  1Costea, M. et al. 2001. Preliminary results toward a revision of the Amaranthus hybridus species complex (Amaranthaceae). Sida 19:945-949.
Englishwild amaranth  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chineselao ya gu老鸦谷 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchamarante  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchamarante étalée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchqueue de renard  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanRispenfuchsschwanz  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanrispiger Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Portugueseamaranto  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguesebredo  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanishachita  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbledo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)quintonil  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedishblodamarant  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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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
  • Cai, Y., M. Sun, H. Wu, R. Huang, & H. Corke. 1998. Characterization and quantification of betacyanin pigments from diverse Amaranthus species. J. Agric. Food Chem. 46:2063-2070. Number of accessions cited: 29
  • Hauptli, H. & S. Jain. 1984. Allozyme variation and evolutionary relationships of grain amaranths (Amaranthus spp.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 69:153-165. Number of accessions cited: 43
  • Hauptli, H. & S. Jain. 1985. Genetic variation in outcrossing rate and correlated floral traits in a population of grain amaranth. Genetica 66:21-27. Note: 1.0 to 2.5 male flowers per glomerule. Number of accessions cited: 17
  • Hauptli, H., R. L. Lutz, & S. K. Jain. 1980. Germ plasm exploration in Central and South America. Proceedings of the 2nd Amaranth Conference, Kutztown, PA, 13-14 September 1979 117-122. Note: Collections in 1979 Number of accessions cited: 113
  • Park, Young-Jun & T. Nishikawa. 2012. Rapid identification of Amaranthus caudatus and Amaranthus hypochondriacus by sequencing and PCR-RFLP analysis of two starch synthase genes. Genome 55:623-628. Number of accessions cited: 52
  • Wu, Xinbo & M. W. Blair. 2017. Diversity in grain amaranths and relatives distinguished by genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Front. Plant Sci. 8:1960. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01960. Number of accessions cited: 94
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALSEED STARCH TYPETHE 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.  AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 511726 89ncai01 SDNot Available
GENSTOCKMALE STERILITYMALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED ABSCISIONABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORRB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (30%)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (70%)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
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.GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
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.XX - OTHER AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN13AMARANTH.AMES.1989PI 511726 87ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN (100%)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORWH - WHITE (VERY PALE GREEN)13AMARANTH.AMES.1989PI 511726 87ncpo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE SHAPEINFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)SB - SHORT SIDE BRANCHES, 1/4 OR SHORTER THAN THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH (INCLUDES SOME MANY-STEMMED WEEDS)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYMARBLED INFLORESCENCEINFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).MARB - PRESENT AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.MERC - MERCADO C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185 AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPETIOLE PIGMENTATIONPETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)GN - GREEN (100%)71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyWH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (74%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 511726 89ncai01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyYL - YELLOW SEED COAT, DRIES TO RHS GREYED-ORANGE 164B (26%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 511726 89ncai01 SDNot Available
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.10013AMARANTH.AMES.1989PI 511726 87ncpo01 SDNot Available
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.10096AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPERB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 511726 89ncai01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTAXONOMIC VERACITYTaxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.ATYP - ATYPICAL71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTERMINAL INFLORESCENCETERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE1 - ERECT71AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALLPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90ncei04 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90ncei05 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90ncei06 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 00ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 86ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90ncei03 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..085 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 89ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 87ncpo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90ncei02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..09 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 511726 90nceo01 SDNot Available