Details for: PI 600745, Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra, 'MERLIN'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Cultivar:

'MERLIN'

Origin:

Developed – United Kingdom

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 600745 98o 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.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Cultivar:

'MERLIN'

Origin:

Developed – United Kingdom

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1980.
United Kingdom

Developer(s):

National Seed Development Organization

Donated

1980.
United Kingdom

Donor(s):

National Seed Development Organization

Accession Names and Identifiers

'MERLIN'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Adapted to northeast, semi-erect, dark green, weakly creeping, smooth margins, red sheath, resistant to Erysiphe graminis

Festuca rubra L. subspp. rubra

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

300215

Verified:

01/08/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca rubra L. (432 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. (22 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann. (51 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. densiuscula Hack. ex Piper (2 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman (6 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. litoralis (G. Mey.) Auquier (3 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick (1 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Festuca rubra L. var. rubra

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca glaucescens Hegetschw. & Heer
Festuca rubra L. subsp. glaucescens K. Richt.
Festuca rubra L. subsp. glaucodea Piper
Festuca rubra L. subsp. vulgaris Hayek
Festuca rubra L. unranked vulgaris Gaudin, nom. inval.
Festuca rubra L. var. glaucescens Hack.
Festuca rubra L. var. lanuginosa Mert. & W. D. J. Koch

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	red fescue		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	zi yang mao	紫羊茅	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	fétuque rouge		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	fétuque rouge traçante		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	Rotschwingel		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	festuca rossa		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese	festuca-encarnada		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cañuela roja		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	rödsvingel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	wanggimuiteol		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 May 1999, from Festuca rubra L. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.129		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 600745 98o SD