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Details for: PI 540423,
Beckmannia syzigachne
(Steud.) Fernald, 'EGAN'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Beckmannia syzigachne
(Steud.) Fernald
Cultivar:
'EGAN'
Origin:
Collected – Alaska, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
24 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 540423 01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Beckmannia syzigachne
(Steud.) Fernald
Cultivar:
'EGAN'
Origin:
Collected – Alaska, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
24 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
Alaska, United States
Locality:
North of Fairbanks
Developed
Alaska, United States
Developer(s):
Wright, Stoney J., Alaska Plant Materials Center
Donated
24 April 1990.
Alaska, United States
Donor(s):
Wright, Stoney J., Alaska Plant Materials Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
'EGAN'
Type: Cultivar name
9062402
Type: Other or unclassified name
T12053
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Short-lived, wetland grass. Plants average 68cm in height in ideal conditions. In general exhibits tufted form, in rare instances rhizomatous individuals encountered. Seed matures in second or third week of August in southcentral Alaska. Seed yields average 400lbs. per acre. Irrigation necessary.
Beckmannia syzigachne
(Steud.) Fernald
Genus:
Beckmannia
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Beckmanniinae
Nomen number:
6620
Place of publication:
Rhodora 30:27. 1928
Verified:
05/06/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum syzigachne
Steud.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Beckmannia eruciformis
(L.) Host subsp.
syzigachne
(Steud.) Breitung
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
American slough grass
1
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association).
1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
English
slough grass
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English (Canada)
slough grass
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 39.
French (Canada)
beckmannie à écailles unies
Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel
2
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 39.
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Description:
Selection from single wild growing plant
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-143, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 1991.
Wright, S. J.
1991. Egan American Sloughgrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 31(5):1380.
Note:
CV-143
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