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Details for: PI 691596,
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth, LP 23
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
LP 23
Origin:
Collected – La Pampa, Argentina
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Oct 1993
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 691596 02ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
LP 23
Origin:
Collected – La Pampa, Argentina
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Oct 1993
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
April 1993.
La Pampa, Argentina
Locality:
Intendente Alvear
Coordinates:
-35.2339, -63.5928
(Map it)
Elevation:
128m.
Georeference protocol:
Center of 3rd Order Admin Level
Environment description:
Weed in a plot of Amaranthus cruentus.
Donated
29 October 1993.
La Pampa, Argentina
Donor(s):
Covas, Guillermo, Facultad de Agron. de la Univ. Nacional de La Pampa
Accession Names and Identifiers
LP 23
Type: Donor identifier
Guillermo Covas, Santa Rosa, Argentina
Covas, Guillermo Facultad de Agron. de la Univ. Nacional de La Pampa
Ames 21666
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
2802
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:156[folio]; 2:194[quarto]. 1818
Verified:
02/05/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
mucronate amaranth
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
South American amaranth
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish (Argentina)
yuyo colorado
2
Burkart, A. E., ed.
1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
04 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth to
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero
Nomenclature Name Change:
05 Feb 2003, from
Amaranthus hybridus
L. subsp.
quitensis
(Kunth) Costea & Carretero to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
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Citations
Baturaygil, A. & K. Schmid.
2022. Characterization of flowering time in genebank accessions of grain amaranths and their wild relatives reveals signatures of domestication and local adaptation. Agron. Open Access 12(2):505.
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy12020505
.
Note:
Lists this accession as Ames 21666
Number of accessions cited:
250
Stetter, M. G., M. Vidal-Villarejo, & K. J. Schmid.
2020. Parallel seed color adaptation during multiple domestication attempts of an ancient New World grain. Molec. Biol. Evol. 37(5):1407-1419.
DOI:
10.1093/molbev/msz304
.
Number of accessions cited:
117
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
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
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED ABSCISION
ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.
EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 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%)
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN (100%)
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 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)
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (100%)
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 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.
100
119
AMARANTH.AMES.2002
PI 691596 93ncao01 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
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
35
AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALL
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.05
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 691596 02ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.06
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 691596 93ncao01 SD
Not Available