Details for: PI 542631, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, Bishna

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Top Name:

Bishna

Origin:

Collected – Algeria

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Nov 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 542631 CR01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Top Name:

Bishna

Origin:

Collected – Algeria

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Nov 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

20 June 1988.
Algeria
Locality: Irrigated agriculture in wadi, Mertoutek, Hoggar Province. Site 16.
Coordinates: 24.3333, 5.5000 (Map it)
Elevation: 1300m.

Collector(s):

Donated

29 November 1989.
France
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Bishna

Type: Local name

1085

Type: Donor identifier

Group: IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Narrative

Soil pH>7.5.

Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464256

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:127. 2010

Verified:

01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Panicum americanum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke subsp. americanum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.
Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze
Holcus spicatus L.
Panicum glaucum L.
Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb.
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv.
Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn.
Alopecurus typhoides Burm. f.
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. subsp. glaucum
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. glauca
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. var. glauca

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	bajra	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	bulrush millet	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	cattail millet	1	Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:119-123.
English	horse millet	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Indian millet	1	Tabaeizadeh, Z. et al. 1986. Somatic hybridization in the Gramineae: Saccharum officinarum L. (sugarcane) and Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. (pearl millet). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:5616-5619.
English	pearl millet	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	mil africain	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French	millet à chandelles	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	millet perle	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Negerhirse	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German	Perlhirse	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)	bajira	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	miglio perlato	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese	milheto	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mijo negro	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mijo perla	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Swedish	pärlhirs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	yu gu	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. to Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Plant Height	Plant height in centimeters from ground level to the top of the panicle	136	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Forage potential	Forage potential considers tillering, leafiness and bulk	2 - (1 = None, 9 = High)	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Bristles	Bristle Length	1 - None	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Leaf Sheath Hairiness	Hairiness of sheath of fourth leaf from the top of the plant	5 - (1 = None, 7 = High)	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Nodal Tillering	Number of tillers at nodes	4 - (1 = None, 9 = High)	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Seed Color	Color of mature seed	8 - Gray	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Seed Shape	Shape of mature seed	5 - Obovate	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Spike Shape	Shape of Spike	4 - Globose	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Uniformity	Uniformity of the plant	1 - Good	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Basal Tillering	Number of tillers at the plant base	3 - (1 = None, 9 = High)	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length in centimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant	41	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width in millimeters of the fourth leaf from the top of the plant	31	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Diameter	Stem diameter in millimeters between third and fourth node from the top of the plant	7	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Percent Plants With Bristles	Percentage of plants with bristles	0	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Percent Shibra Plants	Percent Shibra plants	0	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spike Length	Length of fruiting head in centimeters	13	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spike Thickness	Diameter of fruiting head in millimeters	22	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Head Exsertion	Exsertion of fruiting head in centimeters	0	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Head Uniformity	Fruiting head uniformity	1 - Good	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Node Number	Number of nodes per plant	7	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days to first flowering	39	S9.MILLET.1999	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed Weight	Weight of 100 seeds recorded in grams	0.937	S9.MILLETS.WEIGHTS	PI 542631 01 SD	Not Available