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Details for: PI 217612,
Eragrostis nigra
Nees
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis nigra
Nees
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
17 May 1954
PI Assigned:
1954
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
162
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 217612 69i 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 nigra
Nees
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
17 May 1954
PI Assigned:
1954
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
India
Locality:
From Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills.
Donated
17 May 1954.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Eragrostis nigra
Nees
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
15284
Place of publication:
E. G. Steudel, Syn. pl. glumac. 1:267. 1854
Comment:
Steudel acknowledges in his preface (p. vii) that Nees made his manuscript "Supplementa Graminearum" available to him for insertion in this work
Verified:
05/29/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Citation
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-amoroso-escurecido
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
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MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.013
GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf number
Relative number of leaves
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Position
Leaf position (coded)
2 - CAULINE
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Strength
Leaf strength (coded)
2 - TOUGH
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Root Type
Root type (coded)
2 - BUNCH
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Shatter
Amount of shattering (coded)
3 - SLIGHT
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Habit
Stem growth habit (coded).
1 - ERECT
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Number
Stem number (coded)
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Strength
Stem strength (coded)
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Texture
Stem texture (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD
PHENOLOGY
Bloom date
Bloom date - month and day (MMDD).
6/08
GRASS.W6
PI 217612 69i SD