Details for: PI 255362, Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.

Origin:

Collected – Former Serbia and Montenegro

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Feb 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

167
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 255362 2003i 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:

Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.

Origin:

Collected – Former Serbia and Montenegro

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Feb 1959

PI Assigned:

1959

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Former Serbia and Montenegro

Donated

09 February 1959.
Slovenia

Donor(s):

University Botany Garden - Ljubljana

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill.

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

16659

Place of publication:

Hist. pl. Dauphiné 2:110. 1787

Verified:

05/17/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Bromus giganteus L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh.
Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	giant fescue			1	Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
Swedish	långsvingel			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Aggressive	Aggressiveness (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.272	GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 255362 2003i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf number	Relative number of leaves	1 - MANY	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Position	Leaf position (coded)	2 - CAULINE	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Strength	Leaf strength (coded)	1 - TENDER	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root Type	Root type (coded)	2 - BUNCH	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shatter	Amount of shattering (coded)	3 - SLIGHT	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Habit	Stem growth habit (coded).	1 - ERECT	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Strength	Stem strength (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 255362 59o SD	Not Available