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Details for: PI 490466,
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth, Kiwicha
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Kiwicha
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
192
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Seed
200 count
PI 490466 99ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Kiwicha
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
May 1984
PI Assigned:
1984
Source History
Collected
Peru
Locality:
Colquepata, Paucartambo District, Cusco Department
Elevation:
3600m.
Donated
May 1984.
Peru
Comment:
Received through Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, PA
Donor(s):
Sumar K., L., Programa de Investigacion Amaranthus
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kiwicha
Type: Local name
RRC 996
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center
LSK 46
Type: Donor identifier
Sumar Kalinowski, Luis Universidad Nacional
Ames 15097
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
Narrative
The seeds are dark brown, flowers dark red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. The local name is: 'Kiwicha.' In the greenhouse it was short and uniform with leaves edged in red. It had glomerule type flowers. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Collected by L. Sumar K.
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
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
09 Dec 1999, from
Amaranthus caudatus
L. to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
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Herbarium specimen
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 09 Nov 1999. Located at NC7. Identifier: PI 490466. Inventory sample: PI 490466 84ncpo01.
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
.
Number of accessions cited:
250
Kietlinski, K. D., F. Jimenez, E. N. Jellen, P. J. Maughan, S. M. Smith, & D. B. Pratt.
2014. Relationships between the weedy
Amaranthus hybridus
(Amaranthaceae) and the grain amaranths. Crop Sci. (Madison) 54:220-228.
DOI:
10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0173
.
Number of accessions cited:
52
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
Stetter, M. G., T. Muller, & K. J. Schmid.
2017. Genomic and phenotypic evidence for an incomplete domestication of South American grain amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus). Molec. Ecol. 26:871-886.
DOI:
10.1111/mec.13974
.
Number of accessions cited:
117
Wu, Xinbo & M. W. Blair.
2017. Diversity in grain amaranths and relatives distinguished by genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Front. Plant Sci. 8:1960.
DOI:
10.3389/fpls.2017.01960
.
Number of accessions cited:
94
Pedigree
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Phenotype Data
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Study
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MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
RD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)
103
AMARANTH.AMES.1999.FALL
PI 490466 84ncpo01 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.
RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (100%)
103
AMARANTH.AMES.1999.FALL
PI 490466 84ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)
103
AMARANTH.AMES.1999.FALL
PI 490466 84ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (100%)
103
AMARANTH.AMES.1999.FALL
PI 490466 84ncpo01 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
146
AMARANTH.AMES.1999.FALL
PI 490466 84ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.03
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 490466 90ncao02 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 490466 99ncai01 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 490466 84ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.07
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 490466 90ncao01 SD
Not Available