Details for: PI 674255, Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., 'Greentop'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Cultivar:
'Greentop'
Origin:
Donated – Idaho, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 674255 93ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Cultivar:
'Greentop'
Origin:
Donated – Idaho, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
February 1985.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):
15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Greentop'
Type: Cultivar name
Blum, Jan Seeds Blum

RRC 1238
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

Ames 5668
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
The seeds are gold, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: mercado. The cultivar name is: 'greentop.' It is a typical mercado grain type. 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"
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishPrince of Wales-feather  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishprince's-feather  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishprince's-feather amaranth  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Chineseqian sui gu千穗谷 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
GermanTrauer-Fuchsschwanz  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1197.
Indiachua  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiaramdana  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbledo  2Bayón, 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  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)huantli  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)quintonil  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
Swedishtoppamarant  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALSEED STARCH TYPETHE 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.1997PI 674255 93ncai01 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
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.MERC - MERCADO C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185 AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyYL - YELLOW SEED COAT, DRIES TO RHS GREYED-ORANGE 164B (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 674255 93ncai01 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.100163AMARANTH.AMES.1993PI 674255 90nceo01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPERB - ROUND, WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 674255 93ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..077 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 674255 90nceo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..08 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 674255 93ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..084 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 674255 86ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..085 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 674255 90ncei02 SDNot Available