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Details for: PI 378124,
Phalaris arundinacea
L., CASTOR
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
Top Name:
CASTOR
Origin:
Donated – Alberta, Canada
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Feb 1973
PI Assigned:
1973
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Inventory Volume:
181
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
Top Name:
CASTOR
Origin:
Donated – Alberta, Canada
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Feb 1973
PI Assigned:
1973
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
01 February 1973.
Alberta, Canada
Donor(s):
Bonin, S.G., Canada Department of Agriculture
Accession Names and Identifiers
CASTOR
Type: Unverified name
Narrative
A high seed retaining variety with characteristics of forage productivity, maturity, quality and vigor similar to 'Frontier'. Particularly well suited to irrigated culture, peat soils and on heavy soils where moisture is adequate. 10
Phalaris arundinacea
L.
Genus:
Phalaris
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Phalaridinae
Nomen number:
27512
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:55. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
01/25/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Phalaris arundinacea
L. f.
arundinacea
Phalaris arundinacea
L. var.
arundinacea
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phalaroides arundinacea
(L.) Rauschert
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phalaris arundinacea
L. f.
variegata
(Parn.) Druce
Phalaris arundinacea
L. var.
picta
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
gardener's-garters
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
reed Canary grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
ribbon grass
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
variegated grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French
alpiste roseau
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
chiendent-ruban
2
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French
phalaris roseau
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
French
roseau
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
French
roseau panaché
2
Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German
Rohrglanzgras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
falaride arundinacea
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
kusa-yoshi
2
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese
caniço-malhado
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
hierba cinta
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
pasto cinto
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
rörflen
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean
galpul
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:116.
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Citations
Wittenberg, K. M., G. W. Duynisveld, & H. R. Tosi.
1992. Comparison of alkaloid content and nutritive value for tryptamine- and B-carboline-free cultivars of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.). Can. J. Anim. Sci. 72(4):903-909.
DOI:
10.4141/cjas92-102
.
Number of accessions cited:
4
Pedigree
Description:
4-clone syn var., 2 from the Dept of Agri., Moscow, SUN, 1 from the Ramy Seed Co., MN, 1 from Dr. R P Knowles, CAN.
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