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Details for: PI 511751,
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth, Yuyu colorado
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Yuyu colorado
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1984
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
196
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 511751 97ncai01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
Top Name:
Yuyu colorado
Origin:
Collected – Peru
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Oct 1984
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
23 June 1979.
Peru
Locality:
Tacna, originally from Rio Caplino area
Collector(s):
Hauptli, H., University of California
Donated
October 1984.
California, United States
Donor(s):
Hauptli, H., University of California
Accession Names and Identifiers
Yuyu colorado
Type: Local name
29
Type: Donor identifier
RRC 567
Type: Donor identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
HH 29
Type: Collector identifier
Holly Hauptli, University of California, Davis.
Ames 5349
Type: Duplicate accession name
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. It is said to be used as a vegetable. It has pink stems and is very branched with no main head and erect flower spikes. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Originally collected by C. H. Fuertes, 12/77.
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:
06 Mar 1997, from
Amaranthus
spp. to
Amaranthus quitensis
Kunth
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Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
Brenner, David, Iowa State University
. 1997. Located at NC7. Identifier: PI 511751. Inventory sample: PI 511751 87ncpo01. row 506.
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
Blair M.W., J.M. Londoño, M.A. Buitrago-Bitar, X. Wu, & D.M. Brenner.
2023. Differentiation of Andean and Mesoamerican accessions in a proposed core collection of grain amaranths. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1144681.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1144681
.
Note:
The accessions are not listed in the publication but were provided separately by the authors.
Number of accessions cited:
203
Hauptli, H., R. L. Lutz, & S. K. Jain.
1980. Germ plasm exploration in Central and South America. Proceedings of the 2nd Amaranth Conference, Kutztown, PA, 13-14 September 1979 117-122.
Note:
Collections in 1979
Number of accessions cited:
113
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
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
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
GROWTH HABIT
GROWTH HABIT (USES THE IPGRI SYSTEM)
1 - ERECT
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
RB - RED OR DARKER BASE BUT GREEN STEM
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
ADULT STEM COLOR
ADULT STEM COLOR
ST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 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%)
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRACT LENGTH IN MILLIMETERS
BRACT LENGTH IN MILLIMETERS
3
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING INDEX
BRANCHING INDEX (USES IPGRI SYSTEM)
9 - BRANCHES ALL ALONG THE STEM
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWER COLOR
FLOWER COLOR
GR - GREEN
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY
INFLORESCENCE DENSITY (IPGRI SYSTEM)
5 - INTERMEDIATE
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
INFLORESCENCE SHAPE
INFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
LB - LONG SIDE BRANCHES, GREATER THAN 1/4 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP
MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.
WILD - WILD (INCLUDES ALL WEEDS)
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
GN - GREEN
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION
PETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED COLOR
SEED COLOR frequency
BE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 511751 87ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEED SHAPE
SEED SHAPE
EB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%)
AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997
PI 511751 87ncai01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
SEX TYPE
SEX TYPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)
MIX - MONECIOUS WITH MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS MIXED IN GLOMERULES
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE
TERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE
1 - ERECT
30
AMARANTH.AMES.1997
PI 511751 87ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
THE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY.
.039
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
PI 511751 87ncai02 SD
Not Available
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 511751 86ncao01 SD
Not Available
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 511751 87ncai01 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 511751 87ncpo01 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 511751 90ncei01 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 511751 90nceo01 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 511751 97ncai01 SD