PI 476973 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

May 1978

PI Assigned:

1983

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

191
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

May 1978

PI Assigned:

1983

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Kenya
Locality: Embu

Donated

May 1978.

Donor(s):

Grasslands Research Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

12857

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40:82. 1907

Verified:

07/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Leptochloa plectostachya K. Schum.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	giant star grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	star grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Portuguese (Brazil)	estrela-africana	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	estrella	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

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