PI 290872 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy

Top Name:

GERMISTON

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

28 May 1963

PI Assigned:

1963

Inventory Volume:

171
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		PI 290872 01 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy

Top Name:

GERMISTON

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

28 May 1963

PI Assigned:

1963

Source History

Collected

May 1963.
South Africa
Locality: Plots at Frankenwald South African Turf Research Station

Collector(s):

Huffine, W.W., Oklahoma State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

GERMISTON

Type: Unverified name

43-228

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Turf type

Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

12859

Place of publication:

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921:281. 1921

Verified:

12/18/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	African Bermuda grass	1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	African dogtooth grass	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Bermuda couch	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Florida grass	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: mentions
English	Transvaal quick	1	Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Size	Stem size by code	1 - Small	S9.GRASSES	PI 290872 01 PL
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	1 - Abundant	S9.GRASSES	PI 290872 01 PL
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	1 - Abundant	S9.GRASSES	PI 290872 01 PL
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Plant - Image of plant	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.CYNODON.GREENHOUSE.2005		Not Available

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: PI 290872, Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy, GERMISTON

Observations