Details for: PI 591633, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, 'RENNER'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Cultivar:
'RENNER'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
1971
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 591633 2006i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
Restrictions
Prohibited Plant
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  • USA – Massachusetts
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Cultivar:
'RENNER'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
1971
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 1971.
Texas, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1971.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'RENNER'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Seed reddish-brown with a black hilum and much smaller than common weeping lovegrass. Seed prone to shattering. Leaves blue-green and broad (up to 6 mm wide). Highly palatable.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:

27889
Place of publication:

Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa curvula Schrad.

Autonym(s)
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. ampla ined.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. valida Stapf
Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
Eragrostis robusta Stent
Eragrostis subulata Nees

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican love grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:173.
EnglishBoer love grass as Eragrostis curvula var. conferta1Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Eragrostis curvula var. conferta
Englishweeping love grass  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Afrikaansoulandsgras  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Chinesewan ye hua mei cao弯叶画眉草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Italianeragrostide curvula  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanishpasto llorón  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishafrikanskt kärleksgräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-67, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 1980.
  • 1980. Crop Sci. (Madison) 20(5):670. Note: CV-67

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7100071
Variety: Renner
Taxonomy: Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Experimental name/synonym: N/A
Crop: LOVEGRASS, WEEPING
Applicant: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Date filed: 04/13/1971
Date issued: 02/15/1977
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 02/15/1994

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.024 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 591633 2006i SD