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Details for: PI 476993,
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths, Lovington
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Top Name:
Lovington
Origin:
Collected – 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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Seed
200 count
PI 476993 or SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Top Name:
Lovington
Origin:
Collected – 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
Collected
1944.
United States
Locality:
Lovington, New Mexico
Elevation:
1300m.
Donated
February 1983.
Comment:
Received through National Plant Materials Center, SCS, Beltsville, MD
Donor(s):
USDA, NRCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Lovington
Type: Unverified name
T 4506
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Released in 1963. Good leafiness, excellent vigor, rapid establishment. Adapted over wide geographic area of southwest.
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Genus:
Bouteloua
Section:
Chondrosum
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Boutelouinae
Nomen number:
7527
Place of publication:
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14:375. 1912, nom. cons. (Steudel, Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:219. 1840, pro syn.)
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.,
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 14.10 & App. IV) against the earlier homonym (
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 53)
Bouteloua gracilis
Vasey, nom. rej.
Verified:
03/27/2006
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chondrosum gracile
Kunth
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Atheropogon oligostachyus
Nutt.
Bouteloua oligostachya
(Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
blue grama
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
blue grama grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
eyelash grass
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English (Canada)
blue grama
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
French (Canada)
boutelou gracieux
Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
Spanish
navajita
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.
Note:
lists as
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag.
Spanish
navajita azul
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.
Note:
lists as
Bouteloua gracilis
(Kunth) Lag.
Name
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GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
4
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
8
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
4
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
23
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
2
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Size
Stem size by code
1 - Small
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
120
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
9 - Sparse
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
PRODUCTION
Seed Production
Relative seed production
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
1 - Little or no damage
S9.GRASSES
PI 476993 or SD