Details for: PI 706421, Amaranthus tricolor L., RRC TNVIII


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Top Name:
RRC TNVIII
Origin:
Collected – Tamil Nadu, India
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Top Name:
RRC TNVIII
Origin:
Collected – Tamil Nadu, India
Received by NPGS:
20 Feb 1981
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Collected
PRE February 1978.
Tamil Nadu, India

Collector(s):
Donated
20 February 1981.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RRC TNVIII
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

RRC 78S-TNVIII
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

Ames 2228
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
Vegetable type tall green plants, branched at base, the leaves are small.
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Albersia
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

2807
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:989. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. tricolor

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus gangeticus L.
Amaranthus gangeticus L. var. gangeticus
Amaranthus gangeticus L. var. melancholicus (L.) Voss
Amaranthus mangostanus L.
Amaranthus melancholicus L.
Amaranthus polygamus L.
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. mangostanus (L.) Thell.
Amaranthus tricolor L. subsp. tristis (L.) Thell.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChinese amaranth  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishChinese-spinach  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishJoseph's-coat  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Englishsummer-poinsettia  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishtampala  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinesexian苋 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchamarante comestible  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchamarante tricolore  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanGemüseamarant  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germansurinamesischer Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Indiamath  2Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition).
Indonesianaupa  2Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Japanese Rōmajihageitō  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Japanese Rōmajihiyu as Amaranthus mangostanus2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Spanishamaranto  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmoco de pavo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishpapegojamarant  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreansaegbireum  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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  • PINUMBERED: Assigned PI 706421 to Ames 2228. 27 Nov 2024.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • USDA ARS NCRPIS. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 2228. Inventory sample: PI 706421.
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
This accession is in a series of 10 accessions selected in 1978 at the RRC in Pennsylvania, USA, from 51 varieties donated by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Inda and named A1 to A94, and also named RRC 186 to RRC 237. The ten selections were named: RRC TNI, RRC TNII, RRC TNIII, RRC TNIV, RRC TNV, RRC TNVI, RRC TNVII, RRC TNVIII, RRC TNIX, RRC TNX. The selecting, in the field, in the summer of 1978 is documented in the RRC 1978 Field Book 11 on file at NC7 in Ames, Iowa.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKMALE STERILITYMALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED ABSCISIONABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORGN - GREEN (70%)50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (30%)50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE 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.CS - CENTRAL SPOT (5%)50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE 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 AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE 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 (95%)50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE SHAPEINFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)AT - IN LEAF AXILS AND TERMINAL (especially for some Amaranthus tricolor)50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.CVEG - CULTIVATED VEGETABLE AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.TWILDG - A. tricolor, the wild type with triangular leaf blades and mostly green stems and foliage50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyBL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEEDLING COLORTHE 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.45.744794AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPEEB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 706421 84ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTAXONOMIC VERACITYTaxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES50AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FALLPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..099 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 706421 84ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..099 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 706421 84ncai02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..128 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 706421 81ncao01 SDNot Available