Details for: PI 477994, Andropogon gerardi Vitman, 'Bison'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Andropogon gerardi Vitman

Cultivar:

'Bison'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1983

PI Assigned:

1983

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

191
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 477994 02 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Andropogon gerardi Vitman

Cultivar:

'Bison'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1983

PI Assigned:

1983

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

1957.
United States
Locality: Mandan, North Dakota

Collector(s):

Rogler, G.A.

Donated

March 1983.

Comment: Received through National Plant Materials Center, SCS, Beltsville, MD
Donor(s):

USDA, NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Bison'

Type: Cultivar name

T 5667

Type: Donor identifier

Bismark Pl. Mater. Ctr.

Narrative

May be better adapted to northern climates than commercially available cultivars.

Andropogon gerardi Vitman

Genus:

Andropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Andropogoninae

Nomen number:

3215

Place of publication:

Summa pl. 6:16. 1792

Comment:

the original spelling is permissible under Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60C.2, since the given name Gerard or Gérard, which dates at least to the Early Middle Ages when Latin was the international language of Europe, has a well-established latinized form and is not correctable under Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.8

Verified:

07/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Andropogon gerardi Vitman subsp. gerardi
Andropogon gerardi Vitman var. gerardi

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. ex Willd.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	big bluestem	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	turkeyfoot	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French	barbon de Gerard	2	Campbell, C. S. 1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 25:653. Note: as "Andropogon gerardii"
Spanish	popotillo gigante	2	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	10	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	17.5	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	17.5	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	17.6	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	12	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	18.3	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	18.3	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	20.1	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	12	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	12	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	15	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	4	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	2 - Cauline	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	2 - Cauline	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	2 - Cauline	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	3 - Well distributed	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	23	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	23	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	31	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	40	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	11.7	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	8	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	8	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	8	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Size	Stem size by code	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	9 - Sparse	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	9 - Sparse	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	9 - Sparse	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Length	Length of flower in centimeters	13	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Length	Length of flower in centimeters	13	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Length	Length of flower in centimeters	89	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Width	Width of flower in centimeters	3	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Width	Width of flower in centimeters	3	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Width	Width of flower in centimeters	5	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Diameter	Stem diameter in millimeters	5	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Diameter	Stem diameter in millimeters	5	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Diameter	Stem diameter in millimeters	6	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	125	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	151	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	151	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	95	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	7 - (1 = Abundant, 9 = Sparse)	S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009	PI 477994 02 SD
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	7 - (1 = Abundant, 9 = Sparse)	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 03 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	7 - (1 = Abundant, 9 = Sparse)	S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010	PI 477994 04 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed Production	Relative seed production	9 - Sparse	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
STRESS	Winter Survival	Resistance to winter damage	1 - Little or no damage	S9.GRASSES	PI 477994 or SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Flower - Image of flower	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.2009		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Flower - Image of flower	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.2010		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Plant - Image of plant	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.2010		Not Available