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Details for: PI 604602,
Amaranthus hybridus
L., quintonil blanco
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hybridus
L.
Top Name:
quintonil blanco
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 604602 96ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hybridus
L.
Top Name:
quintonil blanco
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
27 June 1994.
Puebla, Mexico
Locality:
Naupan, Municipal of Naupan.
Coordinates:
20.2333, -98.1167
(Map it)
Elevation:
1750m.
Georeference protocol:
Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Environment description:
In a home garden.
Comment:
Latitude and longitude approximated from locality information.
Collector(s):
Mapes, Cristina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Accession Names and Identifiers
quintonil blanco
Type: Local name
Basurto 1614
Type: Collector identifier
Ames 22703
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Grows two or three meters tall. Seeds black.
Amaranthus hybridus
L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2795
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:990. 1753
Comment:
Amaranthus hybridus
auct., in part =
A. hypochondriacus
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/04/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Amaranthus hybridus
subsp.
hypochondriacus
(0 active accession[s])
Amaranthus hybridus
subsp.
powellii
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
hybridus
Amaranthus hybridus
L. var.
hybridus
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus incurvatus
Timeroy ex Gren. & Godr.
Amaranthus patulus
Bertol.
Invalid Designation(s)
Amaranthus chlorostachys
auct.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
green amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
green pigweed
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
hybrid amaranth
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
slim amaranth
1
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English
smooth amaranth
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English
smooth pigweed
1
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English
spleen amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
wild cabbage
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinese
lü sui xian
绿穗苋
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Chinese
tai wan xian
台湾苋
as
Amaranthus patulus
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)
smooth pigweed
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 89.
French (Canada)
amarante hybride
Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 89.
German
ausgebreiteter Fuchsschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Japanese Rōmaji
hoso-ao-geitō
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Spanish (Mexico)
quintonil
2
Pérez-Negrón, E. & A. Casas.
2007. Use, extraction rates and spatial availability of plant resources in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley, Mexico: The case of Santiago Quiotepec, Oaxaca. J. Arid Environm. 70:356-379.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.12.016
.
Note:
cites this species as locally gathered and consumed
Swedish
nålamarant
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:
19 Apr 1996, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Amaranthus hybridus
L.
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 27 Mar 1996. Located at NC7. Identifier: Ames 22703. Inventory sample: PI 604602 95ncao01. Row 396.
Citations
Kietlinski, K. D., F. Jimenez, E. N. Jellen, P. J. Maughan, S. M. Smith, & D. B. Pratt.
2014. Relationships between the weedy
Amaranthus hybridus
(Amaranthaceae) and the grain amaranths. Crop Sci. (Madison) 54:220-228.
DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0173
.
Number of accessions cited:
52
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
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
PB - PINK BASE BUT GREEN STEM
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 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.
GN - NORMAL GREEN
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRACT LENGTH IN MILLIMETERS
BRACT LENGTH IN MILLIMETERS
3
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING INDEX
BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)
1 - NO BRANCHES
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)
5 - INTERMEDIATE
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
WILD - WILD (INCLUDES ALL WEEDS)
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 604602 96ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 604602 96ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEX TYPE
SEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 95ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
53
AMARANTH.AMES.1996
PI 604602 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.
.04
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 604602 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.
.04
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 604602 96ncai01 SD