Details for: PI 331390, Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay, TUF TUFOL

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

Top Name:

TUF TUFOL

Origin:

Collected – Ethiopia

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Jul 1968

PI Assigned:

1968

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

176
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 331390 72i 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

Top Name:

TUF TUFOL

Origin:

Collected – Ethiopia

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

09 Jul 1968

PI Assigned:

1968

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Ethiopia
Locality: 6km south of Debre Marcos
Elevation: 2500m.

Collector(s):

Leese, Bernard M., USDA-ARS, Plant Industry Station

Donated

09 July 1968.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

TUF TUFOL

Type: Unverified name

R-307

Type: Collector identifier

BL 1067

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

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	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

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

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
GROWTH	Aggressive	Aggressiveness (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 331390 72i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Root Type	Root type (coded)	2 - BUNCH	GRASS.W6	PI 331390 72i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	3 - FEW	GRASS.W6	PI 331390 72i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Strength	Stem strength (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 331390 72i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 331390 72i SD