Details for: PI 490678, Amaranthus quitensis Kunth, LSK 168

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus quitensis Kunth

Top Name:

LSK 168

Origin:

Collected – Ecuador

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
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 490678 88ncai03 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Amaranthus quitensis Kunth

Top Name:

LSK 168

Origin:

Collected – Ecuador

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

May 1984

PI Assigned:

1984

Source History

Collected

Ecuador
Locality: Quigambi, Quero District, Tungurahua Department
Elevation: 2890m.

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

LSK 168

Type: Donor identifier

Sumar K. L.

Sumar Kalinowski, Luis Universidad Nacional

OB-RC S-41

Type: Collector identifier

O. Blanco and R. Castillo

CN172

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: BIOVERSITY

Mission ID for a Bioversity sponsored plant exploration. The link is for a collecting mission report.

, Bioversity International

Narrative

Collected by O. Blanco and R. Castillo. Local name Sangorache. Received as A. quitensis.

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	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.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 Dec 2015, from Amaranthus hybridus L. to Amaranthus quitensis Kunth

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	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED ABSCISION	ABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.	EQ - UTRICLE SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	ADULT STEM COLOR	ADULT STEM COLOR	RD - RED OR DARKER STEM WITH SOLID COLORING, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 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.	RV - MARGIN AND VEIN PIGMENTED (100%)	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	RED - DARK AMARANTHINE, DARKER THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 62B (RED OR PURPLE) (100%)	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MARBLED INFLORESCENCE	INFLORESCENCE ON ANY OF THE PLANTS MARBLED, SO GROUPS OF FLOWERS HAVE CONTRASTING COLORS (OCCASIONAL ON A. cruentus).	NONE - NOT PRESENT (0%)	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP	MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.	SANG - SANGORACHE ("RICH-BLOOD" in SPANISH) C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION	PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)	RD - DARK AMARANTHINE, RHS RED-PURPLE 61C, OR DARKER (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED COLOR	SEED COLOR frequency	BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 490678 88ncai03 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.	100	56	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SEED SHAPE	SEED SHAPE	EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)		AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997	PI 490678 88ncai03 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		AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
MORPHOLOGY	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE	TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE	5 - HORIZONTAL, HALF DROOP, OR ARCH SHAPED WITH THE MIDDLE OR TERMINAL THIRD HORIZONTAL	70	AMARANTH.AMES.2015.FALL	PI 490678 88ncai03 SD
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 490678 88ncai03 SD
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 490678 84ncpo01 SD	Not Available