Details for: PI 299960, Eragrostis superba Peyr., 550

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis superba Peyr.

Top Name:

550

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

31 Aug 1964

PI Assigned:

1964

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

172
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 299960 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:

Eragrostis superba Peyr.

Top Name:

550

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

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: Disturbed sandy roadside, Hwy N-8, 15 miles northwest of Bloemfontein. Annual rainfall 19in.
Elevation: 1400m.

Collector(s):

Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS

Donated

31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Oakes, Albert J., USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

550

Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 8in high. Seeds. 10

Eragrostis superba Peyr.

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

15319

Place of publication:

H. Wawra & J. J. Peyritsch, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38:584. 1860

Comment:

Peyritsch authored all monocots in this treatment (see p. 582)

Verified:

03/16/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	heart-seed grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	sawtooth love grass	1	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English	Wilman love grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	weeluiseragrostis	2	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
German	Herzstraubgras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-Massai	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	pasto avena	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.054	GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 299960 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf number	Relative number of leaves	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 299960 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Habit	Stem growth habit (coded).	1 - ERECT	GRASS.W6	PI 299960 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 299960 uni SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 299960 uni SD