Details for: PI 539857, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon, 'TIFTON 10'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon

Cultivar:

'TIFTON 10'

Origin:

Developed – Georgia, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon

Cultivar:

'TIFTON 10'

Origin:

Developed – Georgia, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Developed

Georgia, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

29 March 1990.
Georgia, United States

Donor(s):

Hanna, Wayne W., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'TIFTON 10'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Vegetatively propagated hexaploid with 2n = 54 chromosomes. Sheds pollen but sets sparse seed. Foliage cross-textured with natural dark bluish-green color. Greens up early in spring and appears winterhardy. Tolerance to ring nematodes (Criconemella ornata). Less thatch than other commercial cultivars. Suited for golf course roughs, roadsides, low traffic athletic fields, commercial landscaping area and lawns.

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

315474

Verified:

01/11/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (35 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. coursii (A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (5 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. elegans Rendle (2 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. polevansii (Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (4 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Panicum dactylon L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Bahama grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Bermuda grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	devil's grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	hariali grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	quick grass	1	Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Afrikaans	kweekgras	2	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
French	cynodon dactyle	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	grand chiendent	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Bermudagras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Hundezahngras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India	dhub	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India	doob	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	capim-Bermuda	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	grama rastrera	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate de Bermuda	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Apr 1994, from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. to Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon