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Details for: Ames 1972,
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L., RRC 18A
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 18A
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
L.
Top Name:
RRC 18A
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE May 1976.
Nigeria
Donated
May 1976.
Taiwan
Donor(s):
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
20 February 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States
Donor(s):
Rodale Research Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC 18A
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
A73-59
Type: Institute identifier
Group: AVRDC
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
RRC 78S-18A
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
Ames 1972
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
The seeds are brown and white, flowers mixed, leaves mixed. The RRC class type is: Nepal. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
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
. 20 Feb 1998. Located at NC7. Identifier: Ames 1972 Row 445. Inventory sample: Ames 1972 81ncao01.
USDA ARS NCRPIS
. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 1972. Inventory sample: Ames 1972.
Citations
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
Stefunova, V., M. Bezo, J. Ziarovska, & K. Razna.
2015.
Detection of the genetic variability of Amaranthus by RAPID and ISSR markers
. Pakistan J. Bot. 47:1293-1301.
Number of accessions cited:
55
Pedigree
Description:
A 1979 SPS from a very non-uniform (AVRDC A73-59) RRC NUM 78S-18 = as RRC 18A. Three unlike selections were made from RRC 18: RRC 18A (Ames 1972), RRC 18B (PI 658724), and RRC18C (PI 658725 and Ames 5644).
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
CHEMICAL
SEED STARCH TYPE
THE 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.
100
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
Ames 1972 83ncai01 SD
Not Available
CHEMICAL
SEED STARCH TYPE
THE 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.
100
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
GROWTH HABIT
GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)
1 - ERECT (100%)
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM (100%)
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 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%)
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 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.
XX - OTHER
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 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)
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
AFRI - AFRICAN Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185
AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN (100%)
71
AMARANTH.AMES.1998
Ames 1972 81ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (1%)
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BR - DARK BROWN SEED COAT, RHS 175A to 200A (1%)
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
Ames 1972 83ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
WH - WHITE SEED COAT, RHS ORANGE-WHITE 159A (96%)
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
YL - YELLOW SEED COAT, DRIES TO RHS GREYED-ORANGE 164B (2%)
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
Ames 1972 83ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
RB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
200
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.2005
Ames 1972 98ncai01 SD
Not Available