Details for: PI 596372, Chenopodium giganteum D. Don, 'MAGENTA'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Cultivar:
'MAGENTA'
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 596372 90ncai02 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Cultivar:
'MAGENTA'
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected

California, United States

Developed

California, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
02 April 1990.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MAGENTA'
Type: Cultivar name
Bountiful Gardens Seeds

Ames 13209
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative
Potherb of the San Francisco restaurant trade. Entire plant edible. Leaves beautiful, florescent magenta. Use in salads, steam, or boil. Seeds can be ground for meal or flour.
Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:

311134
Place of publication:

Prodr. fl. nepal. 75. 1825
Comment:
  • controversial name
  • may = C. album subsp. amaranticolor
Verified:
03/11/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chenopodium album L. subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn.
Chenopodium amaranticolor (Coste & A. Reyn.) Coste & Reyn.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmagentaspreen  1Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
Englishtree-spinach  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanSpinatbaum  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedishpraktmålla  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezhang li  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 04 Sep 1997, from Chenopodium album L. subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn. to Chenopodium giganteum D. Don
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 Nov 1996, from Chenopodium album L. to Chenopodium album L. subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn.
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Citations
  • Bhargava, A., S. Shukla, & D. Ohri. 2007. Evaluation of foliage and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials. Euphytica 153:199-213. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding Number of accessions cited: 7
  • Bhargava, A., S. Shukla, & D. Ohri. 2007. Genome size variation in some culivated and wild species of Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). Caryologia 60:245-250. Number of accessions cited: 28
Pedigree

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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTION100 Seed WeightThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..05 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 596372 90ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 Seed WeightThe weight in grams of 100 seeds. Taken from the hundred seed weights in the GRIN inventory..07 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 596372 90ncai02 SD