Details for: PI 508080, Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass., 14-A

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.

Top Name:

14-A

Origin:

Donated – Ethiopia

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

25 Feb 1964

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Inventory Volume:

196
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 508080 2012i SD

Restrictions
Subject to federal import restriction(s)
https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/plants-for-planting-hub

USA – (All countries; Seeds)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.

Top Name:

14-A

Origin:

Donated – Ethiopia

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

25 Feb 1964

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

25 February 1964.
Ethiopia
Comment: Received through H.F. Rouk, USAID, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Donor(s):

Debre Zeit Agric. Experiment Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

14-A

Type: Donor identifier

Narrative

Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.

Genus:

Guizotia

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Millerieae

Nomen number:

18068

Place of publication:

F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 59:248. 1829

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25319235

Verified:

06/10/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Polymnia abyssinica L. f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Guizotia oleifera DC.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Niger	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	Nigerseed	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	nyjer	1	Hanson, C. G. 2019. Birdseed aliens originating from Niger (Guizotia abyssinica) wild bird food. British & Irish Bot. 1:292-308. Note: Guizotia abyssinica is an important birdseed exported from Ethiopia but seed bulk carries other Asian seed species as contaminants; however, most plants appear to belong to G. schimperi (as G. scabra subsp. schimperi)
English	ramtil	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	graines du Niger	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French	guizotia oléifère	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	noug	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
German	Nigersaat	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Ramtillkraut	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1444.
Portuguese	niger	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese	verbesina-da-Índia	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	abisin	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	negrillo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ramtilla	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	nigerfrö	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.23		W6-MISC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 508080 2012i SD
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	plot		CENTRAL_FERRY_FARM_2012	PI 508080 92i SD	Not Available