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	ACCESSION	PLANT NAME	TAXONOMY	ORIGIN	GENEBANK	AVAILABILITY	RECEIVED	SOURCE TYPE	SOURCE DATE	COLLECTION SITE	COORDINATES	ELEVATION	HABITAT	IMPROVEMENT LEVEL	NARRATIVE
0	PI 632249	DB 2001949	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Iowa, United States	NC7		2002	DEVELOPED	01/24/2001					Genetic material	Inflorescence is red rather than the typical orange found on Amaranthus caudatus with this determinate "edulis" inflorescence type. 58 plants grown from original selection in Fall 2001 were also red. Seeds are white, stems have red stripes, petioles are red, and leaves are green.	1636609	PI 632249
1	PI 612169	Tibet Yellow	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Xizang Zizhiqu, China	NC7		1999	COLLECTED	PRE 08/1999	Lasa area.				Cultivated material	Light colored grain.	1583591	PI 612169
2	PI 641043	CEN/IB/97/AMA 003	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Oyo, Nigeria	NC7		1998	COLLECTED	10/14/1997	Aleshinloye Market, Vegetable Farm, New Dugbe Market, Ibadan.	7.38333333, 3.90000000		Forest-savannah transition.	Wild material		1567542	PI 641043
3	PI 604558	Mapes 821	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Puebla, Mexico	NC7		1995	COLLECTED	10/25/1991	Santiago Tetla, Municipal of Huaquechula. District of Atlixco.	19.43333333, -98.10000000	1625		Landrace		1505526	PI 604558
4	PI 674258	Ames 21948	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Papua New Guinea	NC7		1994	COLLECTED	12/06/1993	"American Station" area, near Gumine, Simbu Province.	-6.25000000, 144.83333333	1400			The plants were a deep purple throughout including the inflorescence. Appeared to be used as an ornamental.	1087366	PI 674258
5	PI 615696	'Annapurna'	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Himachal Pradesh, India	NC7		1993	DEVELOPED	PRE 1982					Cultivar	Whitish cream seeds. Fast growing. Drought and disease resistant. Good crop for stress conditions. High yield potential, 22.3 q/ha. Popping quality is good, popping to five times its size. Leaves and infloresence are green.	1085955	PI 615696
6	PI 568130	DB 926	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Iowa, United States	NC7		1992	DEVELOPED						Breeding material	This accession segregates for male sterile plants and variable seed colors.	1463101	PI 568130
7	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
8	PI 568147	coime	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Tarija, Bolivia	NC7		1990	COLLECTED			-21.38333333, -64.70000000	2080		Cultivated material	The infloresence is green.	1463118	PI 568147
9	PI 677033	Marse	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal	NC7		1990	COLLECTED	11/15/1984	Village of Khala Chaur; 3.0 km W. of town of Jumla.		2350				1061366	PI 677033
10	PI 677040	Marse	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Nepal	NC7		1990	COLLECTED	11/20/1984	Village of Uthu; 10 kmN of Town of Jumla.		2450				1061394	PI 677040
11	PI 538794	AJCO74	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Russian Federation	NC7		1990	DEVELOPED						Cultivated material		1433730	PI 538794
12	PI 542595		Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Sichuan Sheng, China	NC7		1988	COLLECTED	09/1988					Cultivated material		1437531	PI 542595
13	PI 511876	Huatle	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Mexico	NC7		1987	COLLECTED	11/09/1985	Hilly backyard of Guildardo Morales, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua.	26.16666667, -107.00000000	2180		Landrace	Inflorescence rose-colored. Seeds white. Sown in June, harvested in September and October. Seeds popped and put into honey.	1406812	PI 511876
14	PI 527567	IZ 32	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Burundi	NC7		1987	COLLECTED	05/20/1985		-4.31666667, 29.66666667	960		Landrace		1422503	PI 527567
15	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
16	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
17	PI 633589	Guegui	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Chihuahua, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	11/01/1978	Rancho el Mesquite near Chinipas.	27.41666667, -108.50000000			Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers red and green, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: mercado. It is used as a vegetable when young and is short for this type. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Cultivated by Warihio Indians. Used as a leafy vegetable in early stage (3-5 weeks) and as grain for tamales, atole, pinole.	1031091	PI 633589
18	PI 643072	RRC 457	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	México, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	08/07/1979	Amecameca.	19.11666667, -98.76666667	2493	Field next to fava beans.	Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers red and green, leaves green and rufescent. The RRC class type is: Aztec. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1030619	PI 643072
19	PI 649521	RRC 768	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	11/05/1981	Amilzingo	18.75000000, -98.75000000			Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers green and marbled, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. The plants are fairly uniform and lodged. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1031901	PI 649521
20	PI 649589	RRC 720	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Oaxaca, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	10/29/1981	Peras	15.95000000, -96.75000000			Landrace	The seeds are tan and dark brown, flowers light pink and dark pink, leaves variegated. The RRC class type is: mixteco. It is predominately tan-seeded, of uniform type and is uneven in height. Observaitons from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1031797	PI 649589
21	PI 658726	Guegui	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Chihuahua, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	PRE 01/05/1979	Municipio de Chinipas	27.41666667, -108.50000000			Landrace	The seed is light gold, flowers pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: unique. It is a Warihio Indian cultivar. The plants are bushy and late maturing with erect flowers. It resembles RRC 364 and RRC 540. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Growth habit is uniform with erect flowers and pink stems.	1030357	PI 658726
22	PI 698387	RRC 1148	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Sonora, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	PRE 12/1982	Rio Sonora, Mexico, near Arizpe	30.33594500, -110.16656400		Collected from farm storage of the1982 crop of amaranth grown by mestizo farmers way out of its traditional range.		The seeds are dark brown, flowers red, leaves light rufescent. The RRC class type is: Mexican. The plants were uniform with huge flowers heads. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1032676	PI 698387
23	PI 511693	Achis	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Peru	NC7		1984	COLLECTED	06/24/1979	Municipal market, Huaraz	-9.52684600, -77.53072000	3100	Market	Cultivated material	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. It is said to be used as grain. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1406629	PI 511693
24	PI 511711	Quinoa de Castilla	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Ecuador	NC7		1984	COLLECTED	07/31/1979	Family farm, east side of Guayllabamba	-0.05728510, -78.33913060	2250		Cultivated material	The seeds are dark brown, flowers red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1406647	PI 511711
25	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
26	PI 511731	Alegria	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Mexico	NC7		1984	COLLECTED	08/30/1979	Municipal market, San Martin Texmelucan		2200	Market	Cultivated material	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Aztec. It is said to be used as grain. It has red stems and petioles and is very tall with uneven branching. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1406667	PI 511731
27	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
28	PI 490604	Coimi	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Chuquisaca, Bolivia	NC7		1984	COLLECTED	1979	Sucre, Sucre District, Sucre Department			Market		The seeds are white, pink and brown, flowers green and red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. It is said to be used as grain. It is predominately white seeded with much disease. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Collected by H. Hauptli. Local name Coimi.	1385540	PI 490604
29	PI 490642	LSK 462	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Peru	NC7		1984	COLLECTED		Ayacucho, Ayacucho District, Ayacucho Department		2600			Collected by C. Arbizu. Local name Achita.	1385578	PI 490642
30	PI 480816	IC-38286	Amaranthus caudatus L.	India	NC7		1983	COLLECTED		Chaki, Kulu				Landrace	Collected by B.D. Joshi. Used for baking bread. Popped seeds eaten with milk and sugar, sugar, or syrup. Leaves used as vegetable and as purgative. Ornamental. Local name Siriara.	1375752	PI 480816
31	PI 480854	IC-38313	Amaranthus caudatus L.	India	NC7		1983	COLLECTED		Sagori, Kulu				Landrace	Collected by B.D. Joshi. Used for baking bread. Popped seeds eaten with milk and sugar, sugar, or syrup. Leaves used as vegetable and as purgative. Ornamental. Local name Siriara.	1375790	PI 480854
32	PI 481464	EC-18626	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal	NC7		1983	COLLECTED						Landrace	Used for baking bread. Popped seeds eaten with milk and sugar, sugar, or syrup. Leaves used as vegetable and as purgative. Local name Latare.	1376400	PI 481464
33	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
34	PI 477915	RRC 1008	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	India	NC7		1982	COLLECTED						Breeding material	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. It is very prone to lodging. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Yields excellent. Maturity late but earliest of nepal grain types. Lodging tendency. As reported in the 1981 publication, it is difficult to thresh.	1372851	PI 477915
35	PI 477916	RRC 1023	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Mexico	NC7		1982	COLLECTED						Cultivar	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: mercado. The original selection was gold and white-seeded; it has been reselected for all white. It is a typical mercado type. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Yields high. Seed quality excellent. Adapted to mechanical harvest. Lodging resistant. Observations from the USDA Plant Inventory No. 191.	1372852	PI 477916
36	PI 477917	RRC 1024	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Mexico	NC7		1982	COLLECTED						Cultivar	The seeds are gold, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: mercado. It is a typical mercado grain type and uniform. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Morphology similar to 81S-1023. Yields high. Seed gold-colored. Imparts pleasant color to baked goods. May be used as flour mixed with corn flour products. Observations from the USDA Plant Invertory No. 191.	1372853	PI 477917
37	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
38	PI 619237	RRC 124	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal	NC7		1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Charijari (Charyari)		975	Planted in June and July, harvested in December.	Cultivated material	The seeds are white, flowers red and green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal grain. The plants are very late maturing. Observations from Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1017957	PI 619237
39	PI 619243	RRC 149	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal	NC7		1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Mankot, Chauri, Jahari	28.64014400, 82.20160800	1219		Cultivated material	The seeds are white and gold, flowers red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. It is late maturing and predominately white seeded. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1018121	PI 619243
40	PI 619259	RRC 266	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal	NC7		1981	COLLECTED	1977	Sandu, Dailakh District.	28.03333333, 84.61666667	914		Breeding material	The seeds are white, flowers red, leaves green. The RRC class type is: spike. It may have some Lygus resistance and shows some dry-down. It has some gold and brown seeded segregates. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1018698	PI 619259
41	PI 693887	'Yendi 15'	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Ghana	NC7		1981	COLLECTED	PRE 1976					Cultivar	The seeds are dark brown, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: African. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, Pennsylvania.	1017217	PI 693887
42	PI 698384	Guegui	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Sonora, Mexico	NC7		1981	COLLECTED	05/1978	Near Rancho Terrero, near San Bernardo	27.41666667, -108.83333333		Used as a leaf vegetable in early stage (3-5 weeks) and as a grain later in tamales, atole, and pinole.	Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers pink and green, leaves green and rufescent. The RRC class type is: unique. It resembles a bushy Guatemalan-type head; probably the same as RRC 538, resembles RRC 849 and the red plants in RRC 1167. This may be a hypo-cruentus hybrid and difficult to categorize. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1018939	PI 698384
43	PI 451711	Quequi	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Mexico	NC7		1980	COLLECTED	PRE 09/1980	Baroguate, near Alamos				Landrace	Leaves, inflorescence red. Local names Alegria, Grain amaranth, Guegui and Weywi.	1346647	PI 451711
44	PI 677094	PLANT VIRUS	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Italy	NC7		1980	DONATED	1980					Cultivated material	Used as a plant virus indicator.	1129435	PI 677094
45	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
46	PI 337611	VI044406	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Uganda	NC7		1968	COLLECTED	12/1967	Kitoba market				Landrace	The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1251551	PI 337611
47	PI 274279	TOT2289	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Himachal Pradesh, India	NC7		1961	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Cornfield near Pachlan, Upper Kulu Valley.					The seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green . The RRC class type is: Nepal. Derived from PI 274279. Same as RRC 84. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amarnth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1205885	PI 274279
48	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
49	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
50	Ames 5129	RRC 360	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Nigeria	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	08/01/1978						The seeds are dark brown, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: African. It had red weedy segregates in the greenhouse. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1030345	Ames 5129
51	Ames 5600	RRC 1036	Amaranthus caudatus L.	India	NC7	Not Available	1986	COLLECTED	PRE 04/15/1986					Breeding material	The seeds are white, flowers orange, leaves green. The RRC class type is: edulis. It was selected for earlier maturity than other edulis types. Most of the plant did not mature in the field at RRC. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. As reported in the 1981 publication, this was used at the RRC as a check variety to compare with other A. caudatus, but is no improvement over any.	1032441	Ames 5600
52	Ames 5685	love-lies-bleeding	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Pennsylvania, United States	NC7		1986	DONATED	09/01/1982					Cultivar	The seeds are pink, flowers pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: ornamental. "Love-lies-bleeding." It was diseased and died before maturity at RRC. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1032874	Ames 5685
53	Ames 1972	RRC 18A	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nigeria		Historic	1981	COLLECTED	PRE 05/1976					Breeding material	The seeds are brown and white, flowers mixed, leaves mixed. The RRC class type is: Nepal. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1017324	Ames 1972
54	Ames 2064	Duplicate of Ames 2063	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nepal		Historic	1981	COLLECTED	PRE 09/01/1977	Tatopani	27.95000000, 85.93333333			Breeding material	The seeds are white, flowers brown, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal grain. It is earlier than most Nepal grain types with a distinct flower color. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1017976	Ames 2064