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Details for: PI 537393,
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman, 'BONILLA'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman
Cultivar:
'BONILLA'
Origin:
Developed – North Dakota, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman
Cultivar:
'BONILLA'
Origin:
Developed – North Dakota, United States
Maintained:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
North Dakota, United States
Developer(s):
Baker, R.E., United States Operations Mission - Taipei
Berdahl, John D., USDA-ARS
Haas, R.J.
Jacobson, E. T., USDA, NRCS
Donated
04 February 1990.
North Dakota, United States
Comment:
Released March, 1987
Donor(s):
Barker, R. E., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'BONILLA'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Cultivar with high seed and forage yield, good winter survival and early maturity. Persistance good. Well adapted to the Northern Great Plains area where big bluestem is grown for range and pasture seeding, wild life habitat, nature area development, revegetation of surface mined land, erosion control structures and transportation corridors.
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
Alternate name
note
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
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Description:
Developed from seed collected in 1961 from native stands at two sites near Bonilla, South Dakota.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-7, BLUESTEM. Issued: 01 Jan 1988.
Barker, R. E., R. J. Haas, E. T. Jacobson, & J. D. Berdahl.
1988. Crop Sci. (Madison) 28(1):189.
Note:
CV-7
Material Transfer Agreement