Details for: PI 409823, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, 2144

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Top Name:

2144

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 1976

PI Assigned:

1976

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

184
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 409823 77i 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.

Restrictions
Prohibited Plant
https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-prohibited-plant-list

USA – Massachusetts

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Top Name:

2144

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 1976

PI Assigned:

1976

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

1976.
South Africa
Locality: Compassberg Ranch, 30km west of Middelburg. Growing on open grassland.
Elevation: 2300m.

Collector(s):

Donated

21 June 1976.
Maryland, United States
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

2144

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

27889

Place of publication:

Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7363045

Verified:

05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Poa curvula Schrad.

Autonym(s)
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. curvula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. ampla ined.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. valida Stapf
Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
Eragrostis robusta Stent
Eragrostis subulata Nees

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	African love grass			1	Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:173.
English	Boer love grass		as Eragrostis curvula var. conferta	1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Eragrostis curvula var. conferta
English	weeping love grass			1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Afrikaans	oulandsgras			2	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Chinese	wan ye hua mei cao	弯叶画眉草		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Italian	eragrostide curvula			2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	pasto llorón			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	afrikanskt kärleksgräs			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
GROWTH	Aggressive	Aggressiveness (coded)	2 - MEDIUM	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf number	Relative number of leaves	1 - MANY	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Position	Leaf position (coded)	1 - BASAL	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Strength	Leaf strength (coded)	2 - TOUGH	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Root Type	Root type (coded)	2 - BUNCH	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Habit	Stem growth habit (coded).	1 - ERECT	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Number	Stem number (coded)	1 - MANY	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Strength	Stem strength (coded)	2 - AVERAGE	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Texture	Stem texture (coded)	1 - SOFT	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD
PHENOLOGY	Bloom date	Bloom date - month and day (MMDD).	6/30	GRASS.W6	PI 409823 77i SD