Details for: PI 410249, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, 1915


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
1915
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
1915
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1976.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality: Spind Estate, 5 km east of Melmoth
Elevation: 1200m.
Comment: Collected February, March, and April, 1976.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
1915
Type: Collector identifier

B&O 0276
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Tufted, perennial. Growing on open grassland.
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Genus:
Megathyrsus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:

447623
Place of publication:

Austrobaileya 6:572. 2003
Verified:
01/05/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. coloratus (C. T. White) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. maximus (0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. pubiglumis (K. Schum.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum maximum Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. maximum
Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. D. Webster

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. trichoglume Robyns

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgreen panic grass as Panicum maximum1't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:172. Note: as Panicum maximum
EnglishGuinea grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchherbe de Guinée as Panicum maximum2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
GermanGuineagras as Panicum maximum2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Italianerba della Guinea  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese (Brazil)capim-colonião as Panicum maximum2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Spanishmijo de Guinea as Panicum maximum2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Spanishpasto Guinea as Panicum maximum2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Swedishguineagräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Jan 2005, from Panicum maximum Jacq. to Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
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