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Details for: PI 476989,
Cenchrus ciliaris
L., 'NUECES'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus ciliaris
L.
Cultivar:
'NUECES'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
191
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Form
Quantity
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Inventory
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Seed
200 count
PI 476989 01 SD
!
Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Prohibited by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf
USA – Arizona
Class C Noxious Weed
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf
USA – Arizona (as
Pennisetum ciliare
)
There are no images for this accession.
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus ciliaris
L.
Cultivar:
'NUECES'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1977.
Texas, United States
Developer(s):
USDA, SCS
Bashaw, E.C., Texas A & M University
Donated
February 1983.
Comment:
Received through National Plant Materials Center, SCS, Beltsville, MD
Donor(s):
USDA, SCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'NUECES'
Type: Cultivar name
NSL 102680
Type: Site identifier
T 3267
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Superior forage production and higher digestibility than T-4464 and Higgins. Cold tolerant.
Cenchrus ciliaris
L.
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
9794
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:302. 1771
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
09/16/2008
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum cenchroides
Rich.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus glaucus
C. R. Mudaliar & Sundararaj
Pennisetum ciliare
(L.) Link
Pennisetum incomptum
Nees
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
African foxtail grass
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
1
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Cenchrus ciliaris
English
buffel grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic
sabat
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Norton, J. et al.
2009.
Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
French
cenchrus cilié
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Cenchrus ciliaris
German
Büffelgras
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Cenchrus ciliaris
German
Klebgras
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1287.
India
dhaman
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Cenchrus ciliaris
Italian
cencro ciliare
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish
pasto buffel
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Cenchrus ciliaris
Spanish (Mexico)
zacate buffel
as
Cenchrus ciliaris
2
Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A.
1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
16 Sep 2008, from
Cenchrus ciliaris
L. to
Pennisetum ciliare
(L.) Link
Nomenclature Name Change:
16 Feb 2016, from
Pennisetum ciliare
(L.) Link to
Cenchrus ciliaris
L.
Other Links
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Bashaw, E.
1980. Registration of Nueces and Llano Buffelgrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 20(1):112.
Number of accessions cited:
1
Pedigree
Description:
TAM-CRD B-Is sexual clone / a rhizomatous apomictic "blue-type" introduction (PI unknown) from South Africa
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-58, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Jan 1980.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
12
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
15
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
12
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
38
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
9
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Size
Stem size by code
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
100
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Seed Production
Relative seed production
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
9 - Complete winter kill
S9.GRASSES
PI 476989 or SD
Not Available