Details for: PI 385347, Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

05 Feb 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

182
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 385347 01 SD

Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Prohibited by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf

USA – Arizona

Class B Noxious Weeds
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf

USA – Arizona

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

05 Feb 1974

PI Assigned:

1974

Source History

Collected

Kenya
Locality: Along roadside, Muguga

Donated

05 February 1974.

Donor(s):

Braverman, S.W., Division of Plant Quarantine Services

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Plants 25 to 35cm wide, not too leafy. Leaves mostly disturbed, culms 40 to 60cm. Seed heads cottony. Would make a fine ornamental grass.

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Genus:

Melinis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

409666

Place of publication:

Biblioth. Bot. 138:55. 1988

Verified:

12/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Saccharum repens Willd.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb.
Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Tricholaena rosea Nees

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Natal grass	as Rhynchelytrum roseum	1	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Rhynchelytrum roseum
English	Natal-redtop		1	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English	red Natal grass		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish	yerba de Natal	as Rhynchelytrum repens	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Rhychelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb.
Swedish	rosengräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 24 Oct 2000, from Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb. to Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka