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Details for: PI 604581,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., chichiquelit
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
chichiquelit
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
02 Oct 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 604581 96ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
chichiquelit
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
02 Oct 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
22 October 1992.
Puebla, Mexico
Locality:
Camino a Huahuaxtla, Municipal of Xochitlan.
Coordinates:
19.9167, -97.6333
(Map it)
Elevation:
1660m.
Collector(s):
Mapes, Cristina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Accession Names and Identifiers
chichiquelit
Type: Local name
Mapes 860
Type: Collector identifier
Ames 22682
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
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)
Name
References
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 27 Mar 1996. Located at NC7. Identifier: Ames 22682. Inventory sample: PI 604581 95ncao01. Row 376.
Citations
Baturaygil, A. & K. Schmid.
2022. Characterization of flowering time in genebank accessions of grain amaranths and their wild relatives reveals signatures of domestication and local adaptation. Agron. Open Access 12(2):505.
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy12020505
.
Number of accessions cited:
250
Stetter, M. G., M. Vidal-Villarejo, & K. J. Schmid.
2020. Parallel seed color adaptation during multiple domestication attempts of an ancient New World grain. Molec. Biol. Evol. 37(5):1407-1419.
DOI:
10.1093/molbev/msz304
.
Number of accessions cited:
117
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
GROWTH HABIT
GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)
1 - ERECT
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 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)
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING INDEX
BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)
9 - BRANCHES ALL ALONG THE STEM
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
RUF - RUFESCENT (MIXTURE OF RED AND GREEN PARTS OF FLOWERS, OR OTHERWISE A RUSTY LOOK)
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)
5 - INTERMEDIATE
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
INFLORESCENCE SHAPE
INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
SK - SPIKE, AT LEAST 4 VERTICAL SPIKES (LONG SIDE BRANCHES) THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH, OR LONGER
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 604581 96ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 604581 96ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEX TYPE
SEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
63
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
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 604581 96ncai01 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 604581 95ncao01 SD
Not Available