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ACCESSIONPLANT NAMETAXONOMYORIGINGENEBANKIMAGEAVAILABILITYRECEIVEDSOURCE TYPESOURCE DATECOLLECTION SITECOORDINATESELEVATIONHABITATIMPROVEMENT LEVELNARRATIVE
0PI 612169Tibet YellowAmaranthus cruentus L. Xizang Zizhiqu, ChinaNC71999COLLECTEDPRE 08/1999Lasa area.Cultivated materialLight colored grain.1583591PI 612169
1PI 641043CEN/IB/97/AMA 003Amaranthus cruentus L. Oyo, NigeriaNC7GREENHOUSE1998COLLECTED10/14/1997Aleshinloye Market, Vegetable Farm, New Dugbe Market, Ibadan.7.38333333, 3.90000000Forest-savannah transition.Wild material1567542PI 641043
2PI 604558Mapes 821Amaranthus cruentus L. Puebla, MexicoNC7GREENHOUSE1995COLLECTED10/25/1991Santiago Tetla, Municipal of Huaquechula. District of Atlixco.19.43333333, -98.100000001625Landrace1505526PI 604558
3PI 566897'Kerala Red'Amaranthus cruentus L. Kerala, IndiaNC7FIELD1991DEVELOPEDPRE 09/22/1991Cultivated materialIntense 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 combined1461868PI 566897
4PI 511876HuatleAmaranthus cruentus L. MexicoNC7GREENHOUSE1987COLLECTED11/09/1985Hilly backyard of Guildardo Morales, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua.26.16666667, -107.000000002180LandraceInflorescence rose-colored. Seeds white. Sown in June, harvested in September and October. Seeds popped and put into honey.1406812PI 511876
5PI 527567IZ 32Amaranthus cruentus L. BurundiNC7GREENHOUSE1987COLLECTED05/20/1985-4.31666667, 29.66666667960Landrace1422503PI 527567
6PI 628784RRC 1139Amaranthus cruentus L. Puebla, MexicoNC7FIELD1986COLLECTEDPRE 09/01/1982LandraceSeeds 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.1032622PI 628784
7PI 628793'Lenga-lenga'Amaranthus cruentus L. Shaba, Democratic Republic of the CongoNC7GREENHOUSE1986COLLECTEDPRE 04/01/1981North Shaba Province.CultivarThe 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.1031353PI 628793
8PI 649521RRC 768Amaranthus cruentus L. Morelos, MexicoNC7GREENHOUSE1986COLLECTED11/05/1981Amilzingo18.75000000, -98.75000000LandraceThe 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.1031901PI 649521
9PI 658728Duplicate of PI 451711Amaranthus cruentus L. Sonora, Mexico Historic1986COLLECTED11/01/1980Mayo Indian village west of Los Tanques on Rio Mayo27.01666667, -108.93333333LandraceThe seeds are dark brown, flowers amaranthine, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: unique. 'Quequi' It is said to be used as both grain and vegetable by the Mayo tribe. It is short, uniform, branched and early maturing. Observaitons from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.1031030PI 658728
10PI 698387RRC 1148Amaranthus cruentus L. Sonora, MexicoNC7FIELD1986COLLECTEDPRE 12/1982Rio Sonora, Mexico, near Arizpe30.33594500, -110.16656400Collected 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.1032676PI 698387
11PI 511719Niqua, alegria, changAmaranthus cruentus L. GuatemalaNC7GREENHOUSE1984COLLECTED08/10/1979Above the Oratorio, Aldea Choatalum, 7km NE of San Martin Jilotepeque2000Cultivated materialUsed as grain1406655PI 511719
12PI 477913RRC 1011Amaranthus cruentus L. MexicoNC7FIELD1982COLLECTEDCultivarThe 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.1372849PI 477913
13PI 566896KomoAmaranthus cruentus L. Arizona, United StatesNC7GREENHOUSE1981COLLECTED1979Hopi Indian village of Moenkopi.36.06666667, -111.20000000LandraceThe 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.1461867PI 566896
14PI 619246ICAR 21948Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. NepalNC7GREENHOUSE1981COLLECTEDPRE 09/01/1977Cultivated materialThe seeds are white, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Nepal. It is very late maturing. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.1018149PI 619246
15PI 693887'Yendi 15'Amaranthus cruentus L. GhanaNC7GREENHOUSE1981COLLECTEDPRE 1976CultivarThe 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.1017217PI 693887
16PI 698384GueguiAmaranthus hypochondriacus L. Sonora, MexicoNC7GREENHOUSE1981COLLECTED05/1978Near Rancho Terrero, near San Bernardo27.41666667, -108.83333333Used as a leaf vegetable in early stage (3-5 weeks) and as a grain later in tamales, atole, and pinole.LandraceThe 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.1018939PI 698384
17Ames 5129RRC 360Amaranthus cruentus L. NigeriaNC7GREENHOUSE1986COLLECTED08/01/1978The 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.1030345Ames 5129