Details for: PI 164421, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, Bajra


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
Bajra
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
16 Apr 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
Bajra
Origin:
Collected – India
Received by NPGS:
16 Apr 1948
PI Assigned:
1948
Source History
Collected

India

Donated
April 1948.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Bajra
Type: Local name

8714
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:

464256
Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:127. 2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum americanum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke subsp. americanum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbajra  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishbulrush millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishcattail millet  1Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:119-123.
Englishhorse millet  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishIndian millet  1Tabaeizadeh, Z. et al. 1986. Somatic hybridization in the Gramineae: Saccharum officinarum L. (sugarcane) and Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. (pearl millet). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:5616-5619.
Englishpearl millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmil africain  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Frenchmillet à chandelles  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmillet perle  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanNegerhirse  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
GermanPerlhirse  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)bajira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianmiglio perlato  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesemilheto  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmijo negro  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmijo perla  2Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Swedishpärlhirs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseyu gu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 19 Oct 1986, from Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke to Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. to Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHPlant HeightPlant height in centimeters from ground level to the top of the panicle240 S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
GROWTHPlant UniformityUniformity of the plant1 - Good S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYHead ExsertionExsertion of fruiting head in centimeters35 S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYHead UniformityFruiting head uniformity9 - Poor S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYNode NumberNumber of nodes per plant12 S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYRelative Maturation TimeRelative maturation time5 - Early Season S9.MILLET2PI 164421 02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONSeed WeightWeight of 100 seeds recorded in grams0.7 S9.MILLETS.WEIGHTSPI 164421 01 SD