Details for: PI 314722, Melica altissima L., 342

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melica altissima L.

Top Name:

342

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

174
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 314722 2023i 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:

Melica altissima L.

Top Name:

342

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Former, Soviet Union
Locality: Mountain foothills 16km south of Alma Ata

Collector(s):

Donated

09 May 1966.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

342

Type: Collector identifier

QJ0765

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Perennial, coarse, to 50in high; culms scabrous; leaves broad, flat; spikelets inflated; apparently only 1 fertile spikelet per spike 10

Melica altissima L.

Genus:

Melica

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Meliceae

Nomen number:

23946

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:66. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

09/13/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Siberian melic	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	tall melic	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	jätteslok	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	Spring Recovery	Relative time of spring recovery (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf number	Relative number of leaves	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Position	Leaf position (coded)	2 - CAULINE	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Strength	Leaf strength (coded)	1 - TENDER	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root Type	Root type (coded)	2 - BUNCH	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Habit	Stem growth habit (coded).	1 - ERECT	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	3 - FEW	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Strength	Stem strength (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Bloom date	Bloom date - month and day (MMDD).	7/01	GRASS.W6	PI 314722 84i SD	Not Available