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Details for: PI 452430,
Eremochloa ophiuroides
(Munro) Hack.
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eremochloa ophiuroides
(Munro) Hack.
Origin:
Collected – China
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1981
PI Assigned:
1981
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
189
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Plant
1 count
PI 452430 01 PL
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Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf
USA – Arizona (See state regulation: Palm pests)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/nevada_state_regulations_npb_13december2023.pdf
USA – Nevada (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm)
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/npb_ca_summary_2025_-_grkn_added.pdf
USA – California (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm.)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eremochloa ophiuroides
(Munro) Hack.
Origin:
Collected – China
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1981
PI Assigned:
1981
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1980.
China
Donated
February 1981.
Donor(s):
Hu, Shu-Liang, Hortus Botanicus Pekinensis
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Eremochloa ophiuroides
(Munro) Hack.
Genus:
Eremochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Ratzeburgiinae
Nomen number:
15352
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:261. 1889
Verified:
12/04/1997
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ischaemum ophiuroides
Munro
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
centipede grass
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:
Revised version of AH 170
English
lazy-man's grass
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
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Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
1.3
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
2
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
28
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
5
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
4.4
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Length
Length of flower in centimeters
5
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Width
Width of flower in centimeters
0
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in millimeters
2
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
245
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
3 - (1 = Abundant, 9 = Sparse)
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
PI 452430 02 SD
Not Available