Details for: PI 469222, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, 'A-84'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Cultivar:

'A-84'

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1982

PI Assigned:

1982

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

190
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 469222 2001i 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

Cultivar:

'A-84'

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1982

PI Assigned:

1982

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

1932.
South Africa

Donated

April 1982.
Arizona, United States

Donor(s):

USDA-Soil Conservation Service

Accession Names and Identifiers

'A-84'

Type: Cultivar name

T 3730

Type: Institute identifier

SCS number

Narrative

Released in 1950. Used for soil stabilization and range revegetation. Drought tolerant.

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	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.016		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 469222 2001i SD