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Details for: PI 554617,
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty, VG-5
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Top Name:
VG-5
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Top Name:
VG-5
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 May 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
01 May 1990.
India
Locality:
Grass evaluation plots. From local native stand.
Comment:
Central Soil & Water Cons. Res & Trn Ctr, Derka Dun
Collector(s):
DeGarmo, H.C.
Safley, J.M.
Sharp, W.C., Ecological Sciences Division
Donated
07 May 1990.
Comment:
Received through NBPGR, IARI Campus, New Delhi, India
Donor(s):
Sharp, W.C., Ecological Sciences Division
Accession Names and Identifiers
VG-5
Type: Collector identifier
BE-2920
Type: Other or unclassified name
IC-111478
Type: Other or unclassified name
Q 28070
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Under evaluation in a grass hedge experiment.
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Genus:
Chrysopogon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Chrysopogoninae
Nomen number:
424704
Place of publication:
Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A 22:106. 1960
Verified:
03/18/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phalaris zizanioides
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anatherum zizanioides
(L.) Hitchc. & Chase
Andropogon zizanioides
(L.) Urb.
Vetiveria zizanioides
(L.) Nash
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon muricatus
Retz.
Andropogon odoratus
Steud., nom. inval.
Vetiveria odoratissima
Bory ex Cloquet
Invalid Designation(s)
Andropogon squarrosus
auct.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
cuscus grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
khus-khus
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
khus-khus grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Note:
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
vetiver
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
vetiver grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
French
chiendent odorant
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
19:167-172.
Note:
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
French
vétiver
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
German
Vetivergras
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
India
khas-khas
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-de-cheiro
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-sândalo
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
patchuli-falso
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
zacate violeta
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
Swedish
vetivergräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
18 Mar 2003, from
Vetiveria zizanioides
(L.) Nash to
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
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