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Details for: PI 517052,
Macrochloa tenacissima
(Loefl. ex L.) Kunth, GR 589
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Macrochloa tenacissima
(Loefl. ex L.) Kunth
Top Name:
GR 589
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1986
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
197
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Macrochloa tenacissima
(Loefl. ex L.) Kunth
Top Name:
GR 589
Origin:
Collected – Morocco
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1986
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
23 July 1983.
Morocco
Locality:
15km E of Tounfite on Road 3422, 40km W of Midelt on Range Project 'Arid'.
Elevation:
1750m.
Donated
January 1986.
Utah, United States
Donor(s):
Graves, Walter, University of California Cooperative Ext. Service (retired)
Rumbaugh, Melvin D., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
GR 589
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Unpalatable. Has been used for making paper. Now used in pelleted feeds.
Macrochloa tenacissima
(Loefl. ex L.) Kunth
Genus:
Macrochloa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Stipeae
Nomen number:
446538
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:59. 1829
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/681994
Verified:
05/24/2004
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Stipa tenacissima
Loefl. ex L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
alfa grass
as
Stipa tenacissima
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
English
esparto grass
as
Stipa tenacissima
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
Portuguese
alfa
as
Stipa tenacissima
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
Portuguese
esparto
as
Stipa tenacissima
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
Portuguese (Brazil)
flechilha
as
Stipa tenacissima
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
esparto
as
Stipa tenacissima
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
Transliterated Arabic
halfa
as
Stipa tenacissima
2
Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976-. Flora of Libya.
Note:
=
Stipa tenacissima
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
24 May 2004, from
Stipa tenacissima
Loefl. ex L. to
Macrochloa tenacissima
(Loefl. ex L.) Kunth
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Herbarium specimen
Saufferer, Sandy, USDA, ARS
. 2007. Located at Pullman, Washington. Inventory sample: PI 517052. Sandy Saufferer made Herbarium 1997 or earlier.
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