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	ACCESSION	PLANT NAME	TAXONOMY	ORIGIN	GENEBANK	RECEIVED	SOURCE TYPE	SOURCE DATE	COLLECTION SITE	COORDINATES	ELEVATION	HABITAT	IMPROVEMENT LEVEL	NARRATIVE
0	PI 566897	'Kerala Red'	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Kerala, India	NC7	1991	DEVELOPED	PRE 09/22/1991					Cultivated material	Intense red coloring on stems, petioles, leaf blades and flowers. Late flowering plant. Stems thin and branched. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence has short branches. Seeds black. Plants were said to volunteer from a planting the previous year. A second collection of this accession was done on 10/19/91 for additional seed. The harvests were combined	1461868	PI 566897
1	PI 568132	coime	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Tarija, Bolivia	NC7	1990	COLLECTED			-21.45000000, -64.68333333	2095		Cultivated material	The infloresence is green.	1463103	PI 568132
2	PI 628780	RRC 423	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	08/05/1979	Hualzurco area, 1.3 km from Amayuca toward Hualzurco.	18.71666667, -98.75000000	1200	Field of a forage legume and interplant of tomatillos and beans.	Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers purple-red, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: Mexican. The branches are high and there is no lodging. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. . In 2001 David Brenner observed that this is a good example of the unusual A. cruentus type with obtuse inner tepals and U shaped notches between the styles.	1030501	PI 628780
3	PI 628781	RRC 444	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	08/06/1979	Near Amayuca.	18.71666667, -98.75000000	1200		Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. It is all green with a large main head. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. In 2001 David Brenner observed that this is an example of the unusual type with obtuse inner tepals and U shaped notches between the styles.	1030574	PI 628781
4	PI 628782	RRC 446	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	08/06/1979	Near Amayuca.	18.71666667, -98.75000000	1200		Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. It is less branching than most with side branches later than the main stem. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. In 2001 David Brenner observed that this segregates for U shaped notches between styles, and obtuse inner tepals of which are atypical for A. cruentus.	1030581	PI 628782
5	PI 628783	RRC 776	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	11/06/1981	Jantetelco.	18.70000000, -98.76666667	1370		Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers marbled and red, leaves variegated and green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. The plants were of uniform type with large side branches and lodged, not special. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.. The collectors noted in 1981: 1.5 meters tall, mixed colors in flower head, not branched, large flower head. In 2002 David Brenner observed that this segregates for an unusual A. cruentus type with U shaped notches between the styles and obtuse inner tepals.	1031944	PI 628783
6	PI 628784	RRC 1139	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Puebla, Mexico	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1982					Landrace	Seeds are light tan, flowers red, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: unique. The plants are tall and basically unbranched with Mexican grain type flower heads. It matures mid-season and there was some lodging. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1032622	PI 628784
7	PI 628793	'Lenga-lenga'	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 04/01/1981	North Shaba Province.				Cultivar	The seeds are black, flowers pinkish brown, leaves pinkish green. The RRC class type is unique. 'Lenga-lenga' It is a cultivated vegetable with distinctive elongated leaves. It is unbranched with some seed production in the field in Pennsylvania, USA. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1031353	PI 628793
8	PI 511719	Niqua, alegria, chang	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Guatemala	NC7	1984	COLLECTED	08/10/1979	Above the Oratorio, Aldea Choatalum, 7km NE of San Martin Jilotepeque		2000		Cultivated material	Used as grain	1406655	PI 511719
9	PI 511721	Alegria	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Mexico	NC7	1984	COLLECTED	08/20/1979	Grain store, 20th of November Street, between Zaragoza and J. Mina/Artega, Oaxaca		1550	Market	Cultivated material	The seeds are tan and dark brown, flowers red and green, leaves vareigated. The RRC class type is: mixteco. It is said to be used as grain. It had uneven plant height and amount of branching; it is predominately tan-seeded. Observaitons from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1406657	PI 511721
10	PI 490440	Kiwicha	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Peru	NC7	1984	COLLECTED		Huancayo, Huancayo District, Huancayo Department		2900			The seeds are white, flowers light pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. The local name is:'Kiwicha.' In the greenhouse it had drooping flowers with one dark pink segregate. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Collected by L. Sumar K.	1385376	PI 490440
11	PI 490609	Quinoa dulce	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Azuay, Ecuador	NC7	1984	COLLECTED	1979	Caruncay, Caruncay District	-2.93652900, -78.96316400	2588	From a family farm		The seeds are light tan, flowers pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. It is said to be used as grain and is very uniform. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Collected by H. Hauptli. Local name Quinoa dulce.	1385545	PI 490609
12	PI 482049	TOT2345	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Zimbabwe	NC7	1983	COLLECTED	05/07/1982	Backyard, 1.7km W of Mhedziwa BC, Manicaland Province	-19.55000000, 32.56666667	1030			Leaves used for vegetables. Heads white, no pigmentation.	1376985	PI 482049
13	PI 477913	RRC 1011	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Mexico	NC7	1982	COLLECTED						Cultivar	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. It is a high yielder and standard for Mexican grain types. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Grain type from segregating bulk population. Yields high. Performs well at high plant densities. Slightly susceptible to Lygus.	1372849	PI 477913
14	PI 566896	Komo	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Arizona, United States	NC7	1981	COLLECTED	1979	Hopi Indian village of Moenkopi.	36.06666667, -111.20000000			Landrace	The seeds are black, flowers carmine, leaves amaranthine. The RRC class type is: unique. It is said to be used as a dye. It has Lygus resistance, dry down and is very branched. It is early maturing with good seed yield. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Colorful red plants. Seeds black. Foliage and flowers of most plants dark red. Some plants green. The inflorescence is used as a dye coloring in traditional corn foods. It segregates for a very unusual green mid-rib (on red blades) trait.	1461867	PI 566896
15	PI 618963	RRC 125	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Nepal	NC7	1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Tata Village.				Landrace	The seeds are light tan, flowers red and orange, leaves green. The RRC class type is: edulis. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus,PA.	1017964	PI 618963
16	PI 175039	Marcha	Amaranthus caudatus L.	India	NC7	1949	COLLECTED	10/12/1948	Naogaon, Theri, India.		2438			The seeds are pink, flowers red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. In 2012 this was classified as Love Lies Bleeding and not South American, by Brenner, see observations.	1151847	PI 175039
17	PI 166045	Chua	Amaranthus caudatus L.	India	NC7	1948	COLLECTED						Cultivated material	A Love-Lies-Bleeding ornamental type with pink seeds and red drooping flowers. This observation from a 2008 fall greenhouse planting by David Brenner corrects information in the 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog.	1142886	PI 166045