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Details for: Ames 609,
Echinochloa esculenta
(A. Braun) H. Scholz, Japanese Millet
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Echinochloa esculenta
(A. Braun) H. Scholz
Top Name:
Japanese Millet
Origin:
Collected – Missouri, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
06 Apr 1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Echinochloa esculenta
(A. Braun) H. Scholz
Top Name:
Japanese Millet
Origin:
Collected – Missouri, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
06 Apr 1963
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
Missouri, United States
Donated
06 April 1963.
Donor(s):
Mangelsdorf, Ed. F., Ed. F. Manglesdorf & Bro., Inc.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Japanese Millet
Type: Donor identifier
on original seed packet
Mangelsdorf, Ed. F. Ed. F. Manglesdorf & Bro., Inc.
Ames 609
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Lot E-2230
Type: Plot
on original seed packet
Mangelsdorf, Ed. F. Ed. F. Manglesdorf & Bro., Inc.
Narrative
Echinochloa esculenta
(A. Braun) H. Scholz
Genus:
Echinochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Boivinellinae
Nomen number:
317845
Place of publication:
Taxon 41:523. 1992
Comment:
or
Echinochloa crus-galli
Esculenta Group
Verified:
12/01/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum esculentum
A. Braun
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Echinochloa crus-galli
(L.) P. Beauv. subsp.
utilis
(Ohwi & Yabuno) T. Koyama
Echinochloa utilis
Ohwi & Yabuno
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Japanese barnyard millet
1
Scholz, H.
1992.
Echinochloa esculenta
, comb. nov. - the correct name of the Japanese barnyard millet (Gramineae. Taxon 41:523.
English
Japanese millet
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
white millet
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Chinese
zi sui bai
紫穗稗
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
French
millet Japonais
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
japanische Hirse
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
japanische Hühnerhirse
as
Echinochloa utilis
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Note:
=
Echinochloa utilis
Italian
giavone miglio giapponese
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
hie
as
Echinochloa crus-galli
subsp.
utilis
2
Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Note:
=
Echinochloa crus-galli
subsp.
utilis
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-arroz
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
mijo japonés
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
japansk hönshirs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
20 May 2016, from
Echinochloa crus-galli
(L.) P. Beauv. to
Echinochloa esculenta
(A. Braun) H. Scholz
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Description:
Commercial check variety for use at the Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa.
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.255
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 609 65ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.29
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 609 85ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT
The weight in grams of 100 seeds.
.38
NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER
Ames 609 63ncao01 SD
Not Available