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Details for: PI 196343,
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
May 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
159
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 196343 01 SD
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(1
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
May 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Source History
Collected
Botswana
Locality:
Kwaai
Donated
May 1951.
Donor(s):
Liebenberg, L.C.C., Department of Agriculture
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Plot A-359. Strain 17
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:
14039
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919
Verified:
03/22/1993
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum milanjianum
Rendle
Autonym(s)
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf subsp.
milanjiana
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf var.
milanjiana
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria endlichii
Mez
Digitaria kilimandscharica
Mez
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf subsp.
eylesiana
Henrard
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf var.
abscondita
Henrard
Digitaria mombasana
C. E. Hubb.
Digitaria swynnertonii
Rendle
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
digit grass
1
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
4:123-124.
English
Milanje finger grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English
woolly finger grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
milanjiana
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
23 Apr 1997, from
Digitaria kilimandscharica
Mez to
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
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GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
6
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
6
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
14
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
14
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
18
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
18
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
15
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
15
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
6
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
6
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Size
Stem size by code
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Size
Stem size by code
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
124
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Seed Production
Relative seed production
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
PRODUCTION
Seed Production
Relative seed production
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
9 - Complete winter kill
S9.GRASSES
PI 196343 01 SD
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
9 - Complete winter kill
S9.GRASSES.WESTBROOK.2001
PI 196343 02 SD
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Plant - Image of plant
S9.GRASS.IMAGE.LOVELL.1983-1989
Not Available