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Details for: PI 669840,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., UC108
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
UC108
Origin:
Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
19 Nov 1996
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 669840 06ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
UC108
Origin:
Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
19 Nov 1996
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
1978.
Uttar Pradesh, India
Locality:
Chakrata.
Coordinates:
30.7010, 77.8690
(Map it)
Comment:
Market sample.
Collector(s):
Jain, Subodh, University of California
Donated
10 November 1996.
Kansas, United States
Donor(s):
Kulakow, Peter, Kansas State University
19 November 1996.
California, United States
Donor(s):
McGuire, Patrick E., University of California
Accession Names and Identifiers
UC108
Type: Institute identifier
University of California number.
Jain, Subodh University of California
1I
Type: Institute identifier
Temporary code used at the University of California.
McGuire, Patrick E. University of California
UCH108
Type: Institute identifier
as cited in 1985
Jain, Subodh University of California
Ames 23266
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
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
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
21 Jun 2007, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
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Citations
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 4.2 male flowers per glomerule.
Number of accessions cited:
17
Jain, S. K., K. R. Vaidya, & B. D. Joshi.
1980. Collection and evaluation of Indian grain amaranths. Proceedings of the 2nd Amaranth Conference, Kutztown, PA, 13-14 September 1979 123-128.
Note:
Describes plant collecting in 1978.
Number of accessions cited:
111
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
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
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
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.
150
AMARANTH.AMES.2007.FIELD
PI 669840 06ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
GN - GREEN (100%)
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
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%)
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN (100%)
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN (100%)
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
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.
33
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
PI 669840 96ncao01 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
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL
46
AMARANTH.AMES.2006.FALL
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY
THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.
PART - PARTIAL SEED MATURITY ON SOME, OR ALL, PLANTS, THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE HEALTHY
AMARANTH.AMES.2007.FIELD
PI 669840 06ncai01 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 669840 06ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.08
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 669840 96ncao01 SD
Not Available