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Details for: PI 258455,
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Origin:
Collected – St. Helena
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 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
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
200 count
PI 258455 uni 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:
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Origin:
Collected – St. Helena
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
15 Jun 1959
PI Assigned:
1959
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
St. Helena
Donated
15 June 1959.
Washington, United States
Donor(s):
Porter, C.V.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
35343
Place of publication:
Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25:242. 1955
Verified:
09/26/2024
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agrostis africana
Poir.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis capensis
Willd.
Sporobolus capensis
Kunth
Sporobolus indicus
(L.) R. Br. var.
capensis
Engl.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Parramatta grass
1
Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs.
1999. Revision of the genus
Sporobolus
(Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:385.
Note:
=
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
English
rat-tail grass
1
Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs.
1999. Revision of the genus
Sporobolus
(Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:385.
Note:
=
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
English
tufty grass
as
Sporobolus indicus
var.
capensis
1
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names as
Sporobolus indicus
var.
capensis
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
20 May 2002, from
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay to
Sporobolus indicus
(L.) R. Br. var.
capensis
Engl.
Nomenclature Name Change:
26 Sep 2024, from
Sporobolus indicus
(L.) R. Br. var.
capensis
Engl. to
Sporobolus africanus
(Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
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MORPHOLOGY
Leaf number
Relative number of leaves
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Position
Leaf position (coded)
1 - BASAL
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Root Type
Root type (coded)
2 - BUNCH
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Habit
Stem growth habit (coded).
1 - ERECT
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Number
Stem number (coded)
2 - AVERAGE
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Strength
Stem strength (coded)
3 - STIFF
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Texture
Stem texture (coded)
1 - SOFT
GRASS.W6
PI 258455 uni SD