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Details for: PI 226070,
Eragrostis curvula
(Schrad.) Nees
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula
(Schrad.) Nees
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jun 1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
163
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
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Seed
200 count
PI 226070 uni SD
!
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Restrictions
Prohibited Plant
https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list
USA – Massachusetts
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula
(Schrad.) Nees
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jun 1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
Kenya
Locality:
From Kitale, Kenya.
Donated
01 June 1955.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Stephens, J.L., USDA-ARS
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
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7363045
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
African love grass
1
Veldkamp, J. F.
2002. Revision of
Eragrostis
(Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:173.
English
Boer love grass
as
Eragrostis curvula
var.
conferta
1
Alderson, 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
English
weeping love grass
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Afrikaans
oulandsgras
2
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Chinese
wan ye hua mei cao
弯叶画眉草
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Italian
eragrostide curvula
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish
pasto llorón
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
afrikanskt kärleksgräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Other Links
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Hellens, R. P., C. Moreau, K. Lin-Wang, K. E. Schwinn, S. J. Thomson, M. W. E. J. Fiers, T. J. Frew, S. R. Murray, J. M. I. Hofer, J. M. E. Jacobs, K. M. Davies, A. C. Allan, A. Bendahmane, C. J. Coyne, G. M. Timmerman-Vaughan, & T. H. N. Ellis.
2010. Identification of Mendel's white flower character. PLoS One 5(10):e13230.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0013230
.
Number of accessions cited:
262
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Aggressive
Aggressiveness (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
GROWTH
Spring Recovery
Relative time of spring recovery (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf number
Relative number of leaves
1 - MANY
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Position
Leaf position (coded)
1 - BASAL
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Root Type
Root type (coded)
2 - BUNCH
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Shatter
Amount of shattering (coded)
1 - SEVERE
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Habit
Stem growth habit (coded).
1 - ERECT
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Number
Stem number (coded)
1 - MANY
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Strength
Stem strength (coded)
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Texture
Stem texture (coded)
2 - MEDIUM
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD
PHENOLOGY
Bloom date
Bloom date - month and day (MMDD).
5/00
GRASS.W6
PI 226070 uni SD