Details for: PI 636179, Amaranthus tricolor L., 'Crystal'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Cultivar:

'Crystal'

Origin:

Donated – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 636179 05ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Cultivar:

'Crystal'

Origin:

Donated – Taiwan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Donated

13 July 1978.
Puerto Rico, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station

PRE 13 July 1978.
Taiwan

15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

Rodale Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Crystal'

Type: Cultivar name

Documented page 55 Daloz 1981 Master's Thesis Horticultural aspects of the vegetable amaranths

Martin, F. USDA-ARS

RRC 325

Type: Institute identifier

Group: RODALE

From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania

Rodale Research Center

A-74

Type: Institute identifier

Group: AVRDC

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

MITA A-74

Type: Institute identifier

USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Ames 5112

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

Unusual white (non-chlorophyll) stem. The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is cultivated vegetable. 'Crystal'. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Genus:

Amaranthus

Subgenus:

Albersia

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Nomen number:

2807

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:989. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese amaranth			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Chinese-spinach			1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Joseph's-coat			1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	summer-poinsettia			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	tampala			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	xian	苋		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	amarante comestible			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	amarante tricolore			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Gemüseamarant			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	surinamesischer Fuchsschwanz			2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
India	math			2	Council 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).
Indonesian	aupa			2	Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Japanese Rōmaji	hageitō			2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Japanese Rōmaji	hiyu		as Amaranthus mangostanus	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Spanish	amaranto			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	moco de pavo			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	papegojamarant			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	saegbireum			2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

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	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED		AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
GENSTOCK	MALE STERILITY	MALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.	FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	GN - GREEN (5%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (35%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	WH - WHITE, RED, OR OTHER-COLOR STEMS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL SO THE COLORS ARE EXTRA BRIGHT (100%)	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	WH - WHITE, RED, OR OTHER-COLOR STEMS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL SO THE COLORS ARE EXTRA BRIGHT (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	WH - WHITE, RED, OR OTHER-COLOR STEMS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL SO THE COLORS ARE EXTRA BRIGHT (100%)	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	WH - WHITE, RED, OR OTHER-COLOR STEMS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL SO THE COLORS ARE EXTRA BRIGHT (60%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 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		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		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%)	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 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%)	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
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%)	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
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 (65%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 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.	RD - ENTIRE LAMINA AMARANTHINE (PURPLE TO PINK) (35%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	GR - GREEN (100%)	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	AT - IN LEAF AXILS AND TERMINAL (especially for some Amaranthus tricolor) (20%)	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	AX - MOSTLY IN LEAF AXILS	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE	INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	AX - MOSTLY IN LEAF AXILS (80%)	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	CVEG - CULTIVATED VEGETABLE		AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	CVEG - CULTIVATED VEGETABLE	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	TCSTEM - A. tricolor with ornamental chlorophyll deficient areas on the stems	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	TCSTEM - A. tricolor with ornamental chlorophyll deficient areas on the stems	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	GN - GREEN (100%)	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	XX - OTHER, EXPLAINED IN COMMENTS (100%)	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BL - BLACK SEED COAT, RHS BLACK 202A (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 636179 88ncai03 SD	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.		97	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
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.		105	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER		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.	9.02	410	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.WINTER	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	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.	9.02	410	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 636179 88ncai03 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	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 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	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
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	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	49	AMARANTH.AMES.2012.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	1 - ERECT	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	93	AMARANTH.AMES.2005.FALL	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	47	AMARANTH.AMES.2014.WINTER	PI 636179 05ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGY	ADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITY	THE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.	SICK - THE PLANTS FAILED DUE TO INSECT OR DISEASE PROBLEMS		AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELD	PI 636179 88ncai03 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 636179 05ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.054		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636179 86ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.056		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636179 90ncei02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.058		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636179 90ncei03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.064		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636179 88ncai03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.	.067		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 636179 90nceo01 SD	Not Available