Descriptor: MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP (MORPHOLOG)

Definition:

MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.

Crop:

AMARANTH

Category:

Morphological descriptors

Status:

Crop Germplasm Committee approved

Data Type:

Alpha/numeric descriptor

Maximum Length:

Comment:

Reference: Kauffman, C. S. 1992. The status of grain amaranth for the 1990s. Food Rev. Int. & Daloz, C. 1979. Amaranth as a leaf vegetable: Horticultural observations in a temperate climate. p. 68-73. In: Proc. 2nd Amaranth Conf.,

Responsible Site:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NC7)

Studies or environments

Distribution of Values for MORPHOLOGICAL GROUP (MORPHOLOG)

Code	Definition	Number of Accessions
AFRI	AFRICAN Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	72
AZTC	AZTEC Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	130
BBVEG	Cultivated vegetable Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum (PI 628778) Costea, M. & F. J. Tardif. 2003 Canad J Pl Sci 83:1039-1066	2
BOVEG	Cultivated vegetable Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (PI 606282) Costea, M. & F. J. Tardif. 2003 Canad J PL Sci 83:1039-1066	3
CAUEDU	A. caudatus, Edulis type C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	17
CAUIND	Morphologically A. caudatus, but from the Indian sub-continent and in taxonomic controversy with A. hypochondriacus	37
CAULLB	A. caudatus, Love Lies Bleeding type "Ornamental" Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	30
CAUSAM	A. caudatus, South American type Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	1
CRGMV	A, cruentus, red blade some plants have green mid-veins, white seeds	4
CRGUAT	A. cruentus GUATEMALAN C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	23
CRORNB	A. cruentus Cultivated Ornamental, with Black seeds	5
CROS	A CROSS BETWEEN GROUPS (INCLUDES MOST ADVANCED CULTIVARS)	21
CRVAFN	A. cruentus Cultivated Vegetable African Narrow leaf blade green Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	4
CRVAFT	A. cruentus Cultivated Vegetable African Typical green Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	118
CRVRED	A. cruentus Cultivated Vegetable Red but otherwise similar to African type Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	10
CVEG	CULTIVATED VEGETABLE	103
GAVEG	Cultivated vegetable Amaranthus graecizans L. (PI 271465) Costea, M. et al. 2003. Econ. Bot. 57:646-647.	11
GENE	Genetic stocks including extreme dwarf accessions	3
MERC	MERCADO C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	53
MEXI	MEXICAN C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	100
MIXT	MIXTECO C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	14
NEPA	NEPAL C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	183
ORNA	ORNAMENTAL C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	51
OTHE	OTHER	7
PRIM	PRIMA C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	7
SANG	SANGORACHE ("RICH-BLOOD" in SPANISH) C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	88
SOAM	SOUTH AMERICAN C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	64
SPIK	SPIKE C.S. Kauffman 1992 Food Reviews International 8:165-185	27
TCLEAF	A. tricolor with ornamental chlorophyll deficient areas on the leaves	15
TCSTEM	A. tricolor with ornamental chlorophyll deficient areas on the stems	6
TOTHER	A. tricolor, other types	9
TPOINT	A. tricolor, TAMPALA, green or red elliptical (narrow) leaves with pointed tips. Daloz, C. 1979 p. 68-73. In: Proc. 2nd Amaranth Conf., Rodale Research Center, PA.	8
TRED	A. tricolor, red leaf, ovoid leaves with blunt tips. Daloz, C. 1979 p. 68-73. In: Proc. 2nd Amaranth Conf., Rodale Research Center, PA.	4
TTIGER	A. tricolor, TIGER LEAF, red spot in leaf center, ovoid leaves with blunt tips. Daloz, C. 1979 p. 68-73. In: Proc. 2nd Amaranth Conf., Rodale Research Center, PA.	41
TWHITE	A. tricolor, WHITE LEAF, green broad ovoid leaves with blunt tips. Daloz, C. 1979 p. 68-73. In: Proc. 2nd Amaranth Conf., Rodale Research Center, PA.	23
TWILDG	A. tricolor, the wild type with triangular leaf blades and mostly green stems and foliage	39
TWILDR	A. tricolor Resembles PI 599683 the wild type with triangular leaf blades and red stems	43
UNIQ	UNIQUE	51
WILD	WILD (INCLUDES ALL WEEDS)	257