Details for: PI 555657, Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus, 'BISON'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Cultivar:
'BISON'
Origin:
Developed – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Oct 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed20 countPI 555657 93o SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Cultivar:
'BISON'
Origin:
Developed – Oklahoma, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Oct 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 01 October 1991.
Oklahoma, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
01 October 1991.
Oklahoma, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'BISON'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 11396
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Tetraploid (2n=4x=27 chromosomes) four-clone synthetic adapted to southern 1/3 of the U.S. Great Plains. Produces sod of intermediate density growth pattern (prostrate vs. erect). Plant height from mature sod under good growing conditions ca. 21cm. The Syn. 1 generation contains ca. 60% seed bearing plants and 40% male plants. Small percentage of seed bearing plants are hermaphrodites. Leaves pubescent, ca. 2mm wide, and ca. 135mm long. Seed burs ca. 4mm wide, 7mm long, and number 135/decigram
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Genus:
Bouteloua
Section:
Buchloe
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Boutelouinae
Nomen number:

418957
Place of publication:

Aliso 18:63. 1999
Verified:
10/15/2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sesleria dactyloides Nutt.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. ex Kuntze

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbuffalo grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchherbe aux bisons as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
GermanBüffelgras as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Portuguese (Brazil)capim-erva-de-búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishhierba búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanishzacate búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Swedishbisongräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Oct 2001, from Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. to Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
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Citations
  • Johnston, W. J., M. C. Nelson, R. C. Johnson, & C. T. Golob. 1997. Phenotypic evaluation of Poa pratensis L.: USDA/ARS Plant Introduction Germplasm Collection. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8:305-311. Number of accessions cited: 232
Pedigree
Description:
Derived from 2 male and 2 female parents. Male and female parents of Mesa buffalograss, plus superior plants of each sex from Texoka
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-158, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Jan 1994.
  • Taliaferro, C. M., T. L. Springer, & R. M. Ahring. 1994. Bison Buffalograss. Crop Sci. (Madison) 34(1):304. Note: CV-158

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 9100263
Variety: Bison
Taxonomy: Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Experimental name/synonym: A-Plus
Crop: BUFFALOGRASS
Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Date filed: 09/16/1991
Date issued: 05/31/1994
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/31/2012

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICChromosome numberSomatic chromosome number6010GRASS.CHROMNUM.1997.JOHNSONPI 555657 93o SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.1.619 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 555657 93o SD