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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 649303	DB 2006186	Amaranthus deflexus L.	California, United States	NC7	2006	COLLECTED	10/19/2006	Within 500 meters of the Petco Park baseball stadium, San Diego.	32.70777778, -117.15722222	7	An urban weed growing on the edges of parking areas and by trolly tracks, sometimes erect and sometimes prostrate due to traffic. Estimated population size of 150. Some plants had recently germinated and were too young to have seeds.	Wild material		1712621	PI 649303
1	PI 632245	DB 200126	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea	North Carolina, United States	NC7	2001	COLLECTED	10/21/2001	Within 3 blocks of East 6th Street and North Brevard Street, Charlotte.	35.22750000, -80.83583333		Fertile waste ground at edges of parking lots.	Wild material	Leaf blade tips notched, stems pink.	1631092	PI 632245
2	PI 632247	DB 200128	Amaranthus hybridus L.	North Carolina, United States	NC7	2001	COLLECTED	10/21/2001	Within 3 blocks of East 6th Street and North Brevard Street (same location as DB 200129), Charlotte.	35.22750000, -80.83583333		Edges of parking lot pavement, especially next to a railroad. Associated with Amaranthus albus and A. powellii. Amaranthus hybridus is much more common than A. powellii in mixed stands.	Wild material	Wild, weedy plants.	1631094	PI 632247
3	PI 632238	209	Amaranthus acanthochiton J. D. Sauer	Texas, United States	NC7	2001	COLLECTED	10/07/2001	Intersection of Highway 180/62 (Montana Avenue) with Desert Meadows Road, El Paso County.	31.81944444, -106.16805556	1243	Sandy soil. Associated with Tidestromia, Corispermum, Malva, and Acacia.	Wild material		1627157	PI 632238
4	PI 612860	DB 97228	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero et al. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea	District of Columbia, United States	NC7	2000	COLLECTED	08/14/1997	Near a chain-link fence, lower northeast parking lot, National Zoological Park, Washington.	38.93333333, -77.05000000	30	Edge of a sidewalk.	Wild material	The base of the stem is red, there are many branches from near the base, the petiole is faintly red, the blades are green and emarginate, the flowers are green and both axial and terminal.	1594032	PI 612860
5	PI 606751	Ames 24974	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum	Zürich, Switzerland	NC7	1998	COLLECTED	PRE 10/1998	Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture (FAL), CH 8046 Zurich.	47.30000000, 8.50000000	442	Sugarbeet field. Weakly pseudogleyic loamy brown soil from colluvium.	Wild material		1569642	PI 606751
6	PI 641052	CEN/IB/97/AMA 013	Amaranthus hybridus L.	Oyo, Nigeria	NC7	1998	COLLECTED	01/27/1998	Open space garden, beside and opposite The Word Outreach Mission's "School of Missions" off Kudeti Street/Avenue Onireke Gra, Ibadan.	7.38333333, 3.90000000			Wild material	An erect, sturdy herb, sometimes robust. Stem reddish, woody, and often branchy. Leaves red, similar to the red eucalypties ornamental.	1567553	PI 641052
7	PI 658732	Index Seminum 109	Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan	Coimbra, Portugal	NC7	1998	COLLECTED	09/15/1997	Alfarelos, in the vicinity of Coimbra.	40.15000000, -8.65000000			Wild material	An erect plant with blades widest at the base end (observed in a greenhouse in Ames, Iowa David Brenner)	1558984	PI 658732
8	PI 652433	CPAC 96-19	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum	Distrito Federal, Brazil	NC7	1996	COLLECTED	10/1996	Dump area near Brasilia.	-15.75000000, -47.86666667	1000		Wild material	Decumbent with indehicent fruit.	1534126	PI 652433
9	PI 604567	quintonil	Amaranthus hybr.	Puebla, Mexico	NC7	1995	COLLECTED	11/28/1991	Camino a Tuxtla, past the bridge on the Zempoala River, Municipal of Zapotitlan.	20.00000000, -97.64166667	685	Collected in coffee plant field.	Landrace	Inflorescense red. Leaves green, short bracts.	1505538	PI 604567
10	PI 649310	E94193	Amaranthus retroflexus L.	Mongolia	NC7	1995	COLLECTED	09/14/1994	Outskirts of Choibalson City.	48.06555556, 104.60000000	564	Grass steppe (cultivated river terrace). Approximately 2 ha in area, fenced, and irrigated with water from the Herlen River. Soils light brown, loamy river terrace soils with high gravel content. Aspect and slope horizontal.	Cultivated material		1497591	PI 649310
11	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
12	PI 549158	MLI C017	Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson	Mali	NC7	1990	COLLECTED						Wild material		1444094	PI 549158
13	PI 654432	RRC 1351	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Nepal	NC7	1990	COLLECTED	PRE 12/01/1986						This may be useful for cross-pollination studies since the plants are green which is recessive in crosses with red plants (noticed by David Brenner in 2008). The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves light green. The RRC class type is: South American. In the greenhouse it had drooping flowers. In the field it was diseased and died before maturity. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Seed shipped with closing of Rodale Amaranthus program.	1070410	PI 654432
14	PI 669939	mchicha	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Tanzania	NC7	1990	COLLECTED	PRE 10/01/1988					Landrace	Vegetable, leaves cooked with: tomato, onion, peanut, etc. The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: African. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Seed shipped with closing of Rodale Amaranthus program.	1070520	PI 669939
15	PI 698395	RRC 1281	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Niger	NC7	1990	COLLECTED	PRE 01/01/1986	Maradi, from garden at the Lycee Technique	13.49250200, 7.10867400	369			The seeds are dark brown, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: African. It was very uniform. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catlaog. Emmaus, PA. Seed shipped with closing of Rodale Amaranthus program.	1070483	PI 698395
16	PI 633576	AMA 76	Amaranthus deflexus L.	Portugal	NC7	1990	COLLECTED						Wild material		1064786	PI 633576
17	PI 572263	DB 8921	Amaranthus retroflexus L.	Iowa, United States	NC7	1989	COLLECTED	10/08/1989	Weed of a construction site and soybean field. Near "Country Kitchen" restaurant, at 16th and Duff streets. Ames, in Story County.	42.01666667, -93.61666667	270		Wild material	Isolated from cultivated Amaranthus species by distance (no known cultivated Amaranthus in 2 km). The plants were dry and shattering at collection time, less than 1 meter tall. Sample size 18, population size hundreds.	1467234	PI 572263
18	PI 536439	KLM-1739	Amaranthus viridis L.	Maldives	NC7	1988	COLLECTED	11/05/1986	School backyard, plain level, sandy loam soil, good drainage, Kelai, Haa Alifu Atoll.	6.96666667, 73.21666667			Wild material	Seven plants sampled. Associated species: coconut, papaya, sweet potato, sorghum	1431375	PI 536439
19	PI 605351	BVita	Amaranthus hybridus L.	Greece	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 03/01/1982	Athens	37.98333333, 23.73333333		"Purchased in a market" is written on the original seed packet.	Cultivar	The seeds are dark brown, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: unique. 'Vieta' It is used a vegetable in Greece. The plants are rank, bushy and prolific but not lodged. It may be a potential weed problem. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. David Brenner observed that there are small red speckels on the leaf blades and the stems have red stripes.	1032083	PI 605351
20	PI 605352	Calaloo	Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.	Jamaica	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 04/15/1986					Landrace	The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: vegetable. Local name: 'Calaloo.' Used as a leafy vegetable in Jamaica and described as the edible variety and not the wild variety. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1031122	PI 605352
21	PI 606282	Lal Shak	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea	Bangladesh	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 03/01/1981	Maijdi.	22.86666667, 91.10000000			Landrace	The seeds are black, flowers red, leaves amaranthine. Local name is Lal Shak. It is said to be a cultivated vegetable. It is fairly prolific and very coarse with large seeds. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. This taxonomic type is rare in the NPGS collection. It is a cultivated vegetable with black seeds, and red-purple leaves and flowers. (Dave Brenner)	1031345	PI 606282
22	PI 632235	RRC 686	Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson	Arizona, United States	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	05/01/1981	Tucson.	32.25000000, -111.00000000			Wild material	The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves shiny green. The RRC class type is: weed. It exhibited some lygus resistance and matured in the field. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1031358	PI 632235
23	PI 633586	Mbum Bambara	Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson	Dakar, Senegal	NC7	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 10/01/1980	Dakar.	14.67083333, -17.43805556			Cultivated material	The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green and variegated. The RRC class type is: weed. 'Mbum Bamabara' It is said to be used as a vegetable; not appealing, and female plants have long prickly bracts. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1030994	PI 633586
24	PI 667171	Lolsag	Amaranthus tricolor L.	India	NC7	1986	DONATED	08/01/1979						The seeds are black, flowers red, leaves red. The RRC class type is:cultivated vegetable. Distinctive pure red vegetable with one green segregate, late seed set. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1030474	PI 667171
25	PI 490298	WS80-192	Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea	Kenya	NC7	1983	COLLECTED		Abaluhya tribe, Kakamega market, Western Province	0.30000000, 34.76666667			Landrace	Erect, single stem plants, with green leaves, as observed in a greenhouse in Ames, Iowa 1999 by David Brenner.	1385234	PI 490298
26	PI 482057	TGR 340	Amaranthus spinosus L.	Zimbabwe	NC7	1983	COLLECTED	04/30/1982	Backyard, 10km S of Zaka, Victoria Province	-20.41666667, 31.41666667	720			Leaves burnt and mixed for snuff. Infloresence pink pigmented.	1376993	PI 482057
27	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
28	PI 500249	ZM 1845	Amaranthus hybridus L.	Zambia	NC7	1981	COLLECTED	05/20/1981	Kapupa, Kaoma District, Western Province	-14.85000000, 24.80000000			Wild material		1395185	PI 500249
29	PI 604669	White Leaf	Amaranthus tricolor L.	Taiwan	NC7	1981	DONATED	04/01/1978					Cultivar	The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: cultivated vegetable. 'White leaf.' Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1018551	PI 604669
30	PI 608661	RRC 104	Amaranthus graecizans L.	India	NC7	1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977					Cultivated material	The seeds are black, flowers red, leaves amaranthine (dark reddish purple). The RRC class type is: horsetooth. The dark red-purple leaf color is unusual for this species. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. The utricles open on a circumscissile seam, and the leaves are ovate as observed by Brenner, Oct. 2011.	1017785	PI 608661
31	PI 612848	RRC 109B	Amaranthus spinosus L.	Indonesia	NC7	1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Bogor	-6.56666667, 106.75000000			Wild material	Stipular spines. Seeds dark brown. Leaves and flowers green. The RRC CLASS TYPE is: weed.	1017854	PI 612848
32	PI 553073	'Love-lies-bleeding'	Amaranthus caudatus L.	New Jersey, United States	NC7	1978	DEVELOPED						Cultivar	The seeds are pink, flowers red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: ornamental. 'Love-lies-bleeding.' Observations from Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Ornamental with drooping red inflorescence.	1448045	PI 553073
33	PI 419057	Red Amaranth	Amaranthus tricolor L.	Beijing Shi, China	NC7	1977	DONATED	09/09/1977						The seeds are black, flowers red, leaves red. The RRC class type is: cultivated vegetable. It is comletely dull red. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1316446	PI 419057
34	PI 349553	TOT2296	Amaranthus tricolor L.	Papua New Guinea	NC7	1970	COLLECTED		Patep #2 Village.				Cultivated material	Garden plant to 1m tall. Leaf on mature plant is 4cm wide and 13cm long. Stem entirely covered with inflorescence. Grown in a greenhouse in 2011 and observed then to be unusual for the species since the bract and tepals are long and flexible, and the utricle does not split on the equator, as in the close-up images (David Brenner).	1260822	PI 349553
35	PI 288277	TOT2273	Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. aschersonianus (Thell.) Costea et al.	India	NC7	1963	COLLECTED		Junagadh suburbs, Junagadh District.					The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: horsetooth. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1218227	PI 288277
36	PI 173837	Chulai	Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. aschersonianus (Thell.) Costea et al.	Uttar Pradesh, India	NC7	1949	COLLECTED	08/20/1948	Bareilly	28.16666700, 78.38333300				Potherb. The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: horsetooth. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1150922	PI 173837