Details for: PI 477304, Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

Origin:

Donated – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1983

PI Assigned:

1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Inventory Volume:

191
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

Origin:

Donated – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

Apr 1983

PI Assigned:

1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Donated

April 1983.
Puerto Rico, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Ornamental.

Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

Genus:

Cymbopogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Anthristiriinae

Nomen number:

12810

Place of publication:

W. P. Hiern, Cat. afr. pl. 2(1):155. 1899

Verified:

02/09/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Andropogon nardus L.

Autonym(s)
Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle var. nardus

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nardus L. var. nardus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon confertiflorus Steud.
Andropogon nardus L. var. validus Stapf
Cymbopogon afronardus Stapf
Cymbopogon confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf
Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle var. confertiflorus (Steud.) Stapf ex Bor
Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Burtt Davy

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Ceylon citronella		1	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
English	citronella		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	citronella grass		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	giant turpentine grass	as Cymbopogon validus	1	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58 Note: mentions
English	nard grass		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	new citronella grass		1	Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1994. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 8:131.
Afrikaans	reuse terpentyngras	as Cymbopogon validus	2	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58 Note: mentions
French	citronnelle de Ceylan		2	Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
French	citronnelle de Sri Lanka		2	Bellenot, D. 2009. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
German	Ceyloncitronell		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
German	Citronellgras		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	dichtblättriges Zitronellagras	as var. confertiflorus	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1345.
Portuguese	citronela-de-Java		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate limón		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	citronellagräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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