Details for: PI 226074, Eragrostis superba Peyr.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis superba Peyr.

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
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 226074 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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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis superba Peyr.

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 superba Peyr.

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

15319

Place of publication:

H. Wawra & J. J. Peyritsch, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38:584. 1860

Comment:

Peyritsch authored all monocots in this treatment (see p. 582)

Verified:

03/16/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	heart-seed grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	sawtooth love grass	1	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English	Wilman love grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	weeluiseragrostis	2	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
German	Herzstraubgras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-Massai	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	pasto avena	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.06	GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf number	Relative number of leaves	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Position	Leaf position (coded)	2 - CAULINE	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Root Type	Root type (coded)	2 - BUNCH	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Shatter	Amount of shattering (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Habit	Stem growth habit (coded).	1 - ERECT	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Strength	Stem strength (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 226074 76i SD