Details for: PI 208095, Eragrostis superba Peyr.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis superba Peyr.
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
04 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 208095 uni 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:
Eragrostis superba Peyr.
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
04 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

South Africa
Locality: From 20 miles southwest of Trompsburg, Orange Free State.
Coordinates: -30.0167, 25.7667 (Map it)

Donated
04 May 1953.
Maryland, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Eragrostis superba Peyr.
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:

15319
Place of publication:

H. Wawra & J. J. Peyritsch, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38:584. 1860
Comment:
Peyritsch authored all monocots in this treatment (see p. 582)
Verified:
03/16/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishheart-seed grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishsawtooth love grass  1Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
EnglishWilman love grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaansweeluiseragrostis  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
GermanHerzstraubgras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)capim-Massai  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishpasto avena  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHAggressiveAggressiveness (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
GROWTHSpring RecoveryRelative time of spring recovery (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.051 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf numberRelative number of leaves1 - MANY GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf PositionLeaf position (coded)1 - BASAL GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYRoot TypeRoot type (coded)2 - BUNCH GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYShatterAmount of shattering (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem HabitStem growth habit (coded).1 - ERECT GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem NumberStem number (coded)1 - MANY GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem StrengthStem strength (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem TextureStem texture (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 208095 uni SD