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Details for: PI 441069,
Heteropogon contortus
(L.) P. Beauv.
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus
(L.) P. Beauv.
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Inventory Volume:
188
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus
(L.) P. Beauv.
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
December 1977.
United States
Locality:
Presidio Co., Texas
Elevation:
1455m.
Donated
January 1980.
Texas, United States
Donor(s):
USDA, SCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Collected by D. Platt.
Heteropogon contortus
(L.) P. Beauv.
Genus:
Heteropogon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
18953
Place of publication:
J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes, Syst. veg. 2:836. 1817
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/720525
Comment:
the combination was ascribed to Palisot de Beauvois, who was thanked for his contributions in vol. 1, p. xviii
Verified:
02/21/2022
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon contortus
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heteropogon hirtus
Pers.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
black spear grass
1
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
English
bunch spear grass
1
Veldkamp, J. F.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
English
bunched spear grass
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
spear grass
1
'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)
4:137.
English
tangle grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
tanglehead
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans
assegaaigras
2
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010.
Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Afrikaans
steekgras
2
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010.
Ecocrop (on-line resource).
French
herbe à moutons
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French
herbe barbue
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French
herbe polisson
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
German
Speergras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
flechinha
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish
hierba torcida
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese
huang mao
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
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