Details for: PI 538255, Amaranthus cruentus L., 'AMONT'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Cultivar:

'AMONT'

Origin:

Developed – Montana, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 538255 97ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Cultivar:

'AMONT'

Origin:

Developed – Montana, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Developed

Montana, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

06 March 1990.
Montana, United States

Donor(s):

Schulz-Schaeffer, J., Montana Agr. Exp. Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

'AMONT'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

First grain amaranth released adapted to Montana growing conditions. Proten content high. Extremely high levels of amino acids lysine, methionine, and cystine. Well suited for flour blends. High levels of dietary fiber and calcium. Maturity 122 days. Plant height 198cm under irrigated conditions. Grain color white. Test weight 81.1 kg per hectare.

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	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)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
COMMENT	REFERENCE ACCESSION	REFERENCE FOR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS	Day neutral in tropical winter	24	AMARANTH.TURRIZA.2014.CAMPECHE.MEX	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GENSTOCK	CMS CROSS OUTCOME with PI 686465	The cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) PI 686465 (DB 199313) was crossed with a male fertile male and this was the outcome.	MAINTAIN - F1 progeny are all male sterile, the parent line is a maintainer (B-line) (100%)	111	AMARANTH.PI.686465.FEMALE.IN.CROSS	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GENSTOCK	CMS maint cross then 2nd cross	Accessions used as maintainers in crosses with (CMS) PI 686465 (DB 199313) then the resulting male sterile progeny were crossed with PI 538323 (K432) in a restoration attempt.	STERILE AFTER K432 - After this accession was used as a maintainer and the male sterile progeny were crossed to a restorer, PI 538323 (K432) the progeny were male sterile, NOT restored. (100%)	9	AMARANTH.AMES.2000.FALL	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	GROWTH HABIT	GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)	1 - ERECT	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	157	75	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	160	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	180	23	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	200	20	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.JUNE14	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	230	37	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	THE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.	230	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	PB - PINK BASE BUT GREEN STEM	75	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	PB - PINK BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)		AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	PB - PINK BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM	479	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)		AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.JUNE14	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 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.	GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 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%)	20	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.JUNE14	PI 538255 97ncai01 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.	GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)	23	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 538255 97ncai01 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.	GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 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.	GN - NORMAL GREEN (100%)	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 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%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	BRANCHING INDEX	BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)	1 - NO BRANCHES	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	WH - WHITE (VERY PALE GREEN) (100%)	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)	5 - INTERMEDIATE	75	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY	INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)	6 - (1 = LAX, 9 = DENSE)	479	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	LB - LONG SIDE BRANCHES, GREATER THAN 1/4 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH	75	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	SB - SHORT SIDE BRANCHES, 1/4 OR SHORTER THAN THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH (INCLUDES SOME MANY-STEMMED WEEDS)	479	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	SB - SHORT SIDE BRANCHES, 1/4 OR SHORTER THAN THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH (INCLUDES SOME MANY-STEMMED WEEDS)	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	MARB - PRESENT	75	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	NONE - NOT PRESENT	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	NONE - NOT PRESENT	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	23	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 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	51	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEX TYPE	SEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 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	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	554	AMARANTH.AMES.1997	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	48	AMARANTH.AMES.2019.WINTER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP	37	AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP	20	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.JUNE14	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP	24	AMARANTH.TURRIZA.2014.CAMPECHE.MEX	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP	16	AMARANTH.AMES.2016.FIELD	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	LATE - NO PLANTS MATURED SEED, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY	23	AMA.AMES.2013.FIELD.D.PLANTED.AUG1	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	RESPONSE DAYLENGTH FLOWERING	Time-to-flowering response in contrasting long vs short daylengths.	Neutral - Similar days-to-flower in both long and short daylengths	24	AMARANTH.TURRIZA.2014.CAMPECHE.MEX	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.07		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 538255 97ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.071		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 538255 96ncfo01 SD	Not Available