Details for: PI 299915, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, 420


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Top Name:
420
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 299915 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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Prohibited Plant
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Top Name:
420
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

South Africa
Locality: Hard, rocky disturbed wasteland, 10 miles east of Weenan. Annual rainfall 21in.
Elevation: 930m.

Collector(s):
Donated
31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
420
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Perennial bunchgrass; clumps to 12in in diameter; leaves to 10in high; heads to 24in high. Seeds. 10
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:

27889
Place of publication:

Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa curvula Schrad.

Autonym(s)
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. ampla ined.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. valida Stapf
Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
Eragrostis robusta Stent
Eragrostis subulata Nees

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican love grass  1Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:173.
EnglishBoer love grass as Eragrostis curvula var. conferta1Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Eragrostis curvula var. conferta
Englishweeping love grass  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Afrikaansoulandsgras  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Chinesewan ye hua mei cao弯叶画眉草 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Italianeragrostide curvula  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanishpasto llorón  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishafrikanskt kärleksgräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYLeaf numberRelative number of leaves3 - FEW GRASS.W6PI 299915 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem HabitStem growth habit (coded).1 - ERECT GRASS.W6PI 299915 uni SD
MORPHOLOGYStem NumberStem number (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 299915 uni SD