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Details for: PI 508285,
Hemarthria altissima
(Poir.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb., 'Floralta'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hemarthria altissima
(Poir.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Cultivar:
'Floralta'
Origin:
Donated – Florida, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Inventory Volume:
196
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hemarthria altissima
(Poir.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Cultivar:
'Floralta'
Origin:
Donated – Florida, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Apr 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Donated
14 April 1987.
Florida, United States
Comment:
Cooperative registration by the University of Florida and Texas Agri. Experiment Station.
Donor(s):
Quesenberry, Kenneth H., University of Florida
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Floralta'
Type: Cultivar name
FL 279
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Selected for improved yield and persistence under intensive grazing. Persistent under low fertility, responds to high levels of nitrogen. Adapted to poorly drained soils of peninsular Floria, coastal areas of SE United States and many tropical areas.
Hemarthria altissima
(Poir.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Genus:
Hemarthria
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Ratzeburgiinae
Nomen number:
18849
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934:109. 1934
Verified:
04/18/2001
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Rottboellia altissima
Poir.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Manisuris altissima
(Poir.) Hitchc.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Batavian quick grass
1
Van Den Heuvel, E. & J. F. Veldkamp.
2000. Revision of
Hemarthria
(Gramineae-Andropogoneae-Rottboelliinae). Blumea 45:452.
English
halt grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
limpo grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
red quick
1
Ellis, R. P.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. English common names
English
red swamp grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English
snake grass
1
Van Den Heuvel, E. & J. F. Veldkamp.
2000. Revision of
Hemarthria
(Gramineae-Andropogoneae-Rottboelliinae). Blumea 45:452.
English
swamp couch
1
Van Den Heuvel, E. & J. F. Veldkamp.
2000. Revision of
Hemarthria
(Gramineae-Andropogoneae-Rottboelliinae). Blumea 45:452.
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Description:
Vegetative selection from PI 364888
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-107, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 1987.
1987. Crop Sci. (Madison) 27(5):1087.
Note:
CV-107
Material Transfer Agreement