Details for: PI 228888, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv., G-1233


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.
Top Name:
G-1233
Origin:
Collected – Arizona, United States
Received by NPGS:
1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 228888 01 SD
 
Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Restricted by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf
  • USA – California
CCR 4500 Noxious Weed
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/docs/2024/4500_Final_Approval_202402.pdf
  • USA – California
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.
Top Name:
G-1233
Origin:
Collected – Arizona, United States
Received by NPGS:
1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Source History
Collected
1955.
Arizona, United States
Locality: Thirty-nine miles southeast of Tucson
Elevation: 1280m.
Comment: Grass and legume species collected between the summer of 1953 and the spring of 1955 by the staff members and associates of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas. Collected in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and adjoinin
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Accession Names and Identifiers
G-1233
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.
Genus:
Heteropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:

18953
Place of publication:

J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes, Syst. veg. 2:836. 1817
Comment:
the combination was ascribed to Palisot de Beauvois, who was thanked for his contributions in vol. 1, p. xviii
Verified:
02/21/2022 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon contortus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblack spear grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishbunch spear grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishbunched spear grass  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishspear grass  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) 4:137.
Englishtangle grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishtanglehead  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaansassegaaigras  2Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Afrikaanssteekgras  2Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Frenchherbe à moutons  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchherbe barbue  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchherbe polisson  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
GermanSpeergras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portugueseflechinha  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanishhierba torcida  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinesehuang mao  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFoliage HeightFoliage height in decimeters5 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
GROWTHPlant HeightTotal plant height in decimeters7 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
GROWTHPlant WidthPlant spread in decimeters18 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFoliage DistributionDistribution of leaves on plant2 - Cauline S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf LengthLeaf length measured in centimeters25 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf WidthLeaf width measured in millimeters6 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYStem SizeStem size by code5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 228888 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYTillersAbundance of tillers produced1 - Abundant S9.GRASSESPI 228888 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMaturityDays from March 15 planting to first flower138 S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
PRODUCTIONFoliage AmountAbundance of foliage produced5 - Medium S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available
PRODUCTIONSeed ProductionRelative seed production5 - Medium S9.GRASSESPI 228888 01 SD
STRESSWinter SurvivalResistance to winter damage7 - (1 = Little or no damage, 9 = Complete winter kill) S9.GRASSES.98 Not Available