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Details for: PI 208139,
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, 1640
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
1640
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
04 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Inventory Volume:
161
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
1640
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
04 May 1953
PI Assigned:
1953
Source History
Collected
13 January 1953.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality:
Between Pretorius Kop and Skukuza, Kruger National Park
Collector(s):
Godfrey, R.K., USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
1640
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Genus:
Megathyrsus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
447623
Place of publication:
Austrobaileya 6:572. 2003
Verified:
01/05/2005
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var.
coloratus
(C. T. White) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
(0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var.
maximus
(0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var.
pubiglumis
(K. Schum.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum maximum
Jacq.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum maximum
Jacq. var.
maximum
Urochloa maxima
(Jacq.) R. D. Webster
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum hirsutissimum
Steud.
Panicum maximum
Jacq. var.
hirsutissimum
(Steud.) Oliv.
Panicum maximum
Jacq. var.
trichoglume
Robyns
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
green panic grass
as
Panicum maximum
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)
4:172.
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
English
Guinea grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
herbe de Guinée
as
Panicum maximum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
German
Guineagras
as
Panicum maximum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
Italian
erba della Guinea
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-colonião
as
Panicum maximum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
Spanish
mijo de Guinea
as
Panicum maximum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
Spanish
pasto Guinea
as
Panicum maximum
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
as
Panicum maximum
Swedish
guineagräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
05 Jan 2005, from
Panicum maximum
Jacq. to
Megathyrsus maximus
(Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
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Descriptor
Description
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Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
10
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
13
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
17
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
30
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
10
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
88
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
9 - Complete winter kill
S9.GRASSES
PI 208139 or SD
Not Available