Details for: PI 225581, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, 81

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

Origin:

Collected – Limpopo, South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

02 May 1955

PI Assigned:

1955

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

163
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 225581 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

Origin:

Collected – Limpopo, South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

02 May 1955

PI Assigned:

1955

Source History

Collected

February 1955.
Limpopo, South Africa
Locality: Pretoria

Collector(s):

Stephens, J.L., USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Plant to 5ft high. Hay type.

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	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)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Jan 2005, from Panicum maximum Jacq. to Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 15 Sep 1997, from Panicum spp. to Panicum maximum Jacq.