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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 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
1	PI 652416	CPAC 96-1	Amaranthus hybridus L.	Goiás, Brazil	NC7		1996	COLLECTED	10/1996	Soybean field near Luziania.	-16.21666667, -47.91666667	900		Wild material	Upright.	1534059	PI 652416
2	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
3	PI 558499	'PLAINSMAN'	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Nebraska, United States	NC7		1991	DEVELOPED						Cultivar	Selected for early maturity, lighter seed color, and shorter plant height compared to PI 477917. During the juvenile stage, has red pigmentation in center of leaves that fades as plant approaches its reproductive phase. Develops a red upright flower. Produces light tan seed.	1453471	PI 558499
4	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
5	PI 604671	Ames 14356	Amaranthus powellii S. Watson subsp. powellii	Washington, United States	NC7		1990	COLLECTED	PRE 10/1990					Wild material	Triazine (herbicide) susceptable amaranth, documented in an article by E. Patric Fuerst, Charles J. Arntzen, Klas Pfister, and Donald Penner (Weed Science. 1986 34:344-353).	1067130	PI 604671
6	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
7	PI 642741	'Oscar Blanco'	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Bolivia	NC7		1990	COLLECTED	PRE 02/01/1984					Cultivar	The seeds are white, flowers pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. In Peru it was a good yeilder with disease resistance. It is a single plant selection from LSK 38 (RRC 988). Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. Seed shipped with closing of Rodale Amaranthus program.	1070270	PI 642741
8	PI 572261	AMA 57/81	Amaranthus powellii S. Watson subsp. bouchonii (Thell.) Costea & Carretero	Germany	NC7		1990	COLLECTED		Priesitz, Wittenberg.				Wild material	This accession includes plants with utricles that do not split at their equators but abscise with their tepals. The non-splitting could be useful for reduced shattering in grain production. observed by David Brenner	1467232	PI 572261
9	PI 634914	Ghanair	Amaranthus caudatus L.	Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan	NC7		1989	COLLECTED	10/25/1988	Below road at Bandi Bakhalan, 5 km north of Chikar.	34.15000000, 73.68333333	1540	Terraced farm. On a 5 degree slope facing northwest.	Landrace	A grain type, with black seeds, red foliage and a drooping, red seed head. Used as a vegetable. As reported by the collectors. The seeds are black, flowers dark pink, leaves green. The RRC class type is: South American. In the greenhouse the leaves turned reddish as the plant matured. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1051840	PI 634914
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	PI 642736	Love-lies-bleeding	Amaranthus caudatus L.	California, United States	NC7		1986	DONATED	04/10/1979					Cultivar	The seeds are pink, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: ornamental. 'Love-lies-bleeding' It is somewhat disease resistant. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1030337	PI 642736
15	PI 643039	RRC 415	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Morelos, Mexico	NC7		1986	COLLECTED	08/05/1979	Hualzurco area, 1.3 km from Amayuca.	18.70000000, -98.76666667	1200	Field of a forage legume and interplant of tomatillos and beans.	Landrace	The seeds are white, glowers red-purple, leaves rufescent. The RRC class type is: Mexican. Branches mature at the same time as main head; taller than most Mexican grain types. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catlaog. Emmaus, PA.	1030484	PI 643039
16	PI 658728	Duplicate of PI 451711	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Sonora, Mexico		Historic	1986	COLLECTED	11/01/1980	Mayo Indian village west of Los Tanques on Rio Mayo	27.01666667, -108.93333333			Landrace	The 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.	1031030	PI 658728
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	PI 477914	RRC 1041	Amaranthus cruentus L.	Mexico	NC7		1982	COLLECTED						Cultivar	The seeds are white, flowers green and marbled, leaves green. The RRC class type is: Mexican. It is a heavy yielder of mixed flowers color and uniform type. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.	1372850	PI 477914
24	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
25	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
26	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
27	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
28	PI 540446	RRC 1004	Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	Pakistan	NC7		1981	COLLECTED						Breeding material	The seeds are dark brown, flowers red, leaves green and rufescent. The RRC class type is: prima. The plants have lygus resistance, are uniform, early maturing and lodge. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA. As reported in the 1981 publication it has a tendency to dry down at maturity.	1435382	PI 540446
29	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
30	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
31	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
32	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
33	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