Details for: PI 477004, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon, 'Tufcote'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Cultivar:
'Tufcote'
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Cultivar:
'Tufcote'
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

South Africa

Donated
February 1983.


Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Tufcote'
Type: Cultivar name

T 19943
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Released in 1967. Only plant tested that survived -17 deg. F temperature. Medium texture, medium dark green, low growth habit. Fair to good tolerance to heavy traffic. Some tolerance to leaf diseases, remains green longer in fall than common strains.
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

315474
Verified:
01/11/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (35 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. coursii (A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (5 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. elegans Rendle (2 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. polevansii (Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum dactylon L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBahama grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishBermuda grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishdevil's grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishhariali grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishquick grass  1Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Afrikaanskweekgras  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Frenchcynodon dactyle  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchgrand chiendent  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBermudagras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanHundezahngras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiadhub  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiadoob  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesecapim-Bermuda  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgrama rastrera  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate de Bermuda  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Apr 1994, from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. to Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
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CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databasePlant - Image of plant S9.GRASS.IMAGE.CYNODON.GREENHOUSE.2005 Not Available