Details for: PI 208231, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
06 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 208231 76i 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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Prohibited Plant
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
06 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 Douglas Heights, northwest of Grahamstown.
Coordinates: -29.0667, 23.7667 (Map it)

Donated
06 May 1953.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:

27889
Place of publication:

Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa curvula Schrad.

Autonym(s)
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. ampla ined.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. valida Stapf
Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
Eragrostis robusta Stent
Eragrostis subulata Nees

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican love grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:173.
EnglishBoer love grass as Eragrostis curvula var. conferta1Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Eragrostis curvula var. conferta
Englishweeping love grass  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Afrikaansoulandsgras  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Chinesewan ye hua mei cao弯叶画眉草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Italianeragrostide curvula  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanishpasto llorón  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishafrikanskt kärleksgräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYLeaf numberRelative number of leaves2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf PositionLeaf position (coded)2 - CAULINE GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaf StrengthLeaf strength (coded)2 - TOUGH GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYRoot TypeRoot type (coded)2 - BUNCH GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem HabitStem growth habit (coded).4 - OPEN GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem NumberStem number (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem StrengthStem strength (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD
MORPHOLOGYStem TextureStem texture (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 208231 76i SD