Details for: PI 556953, Paspalum notatum Flüggé, 'NAN-OU'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Paspalum notatum Flüggé

Cultivar:

'NAN-OU'

Origin:

Developed – Japan

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

04 Oct 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 556953 01 SD

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
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USA – Arizona (See state regulation: Palm pests)

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USA – California (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm.)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Paspalum notatum Flüggé

Cultivar:

'NAN-OU'

Origin:

Developed – Japan

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

04 Oct 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Developed

Japan

Developer(s):

Kagoshima Prefecture Agric. Exp. Sta.

Donated

16 October 1991.
Japan

Donor(s):

Kagoshima Prefecture Agric. Exp. Sta.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'NAN-OU'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Apomictic tetraploid cultivar with 2n=40. Compared with Nan-goku, a sexual diploid cultivar, wider leaves, lower in plant height and number of heads at harvests, and more palatable. Produced more forage than Nan-goku in summer and fall. Well adapted to the southern parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture.

Paspalum notatum Flüggé

Genus:

Paspalum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paspaleae

Subtribe:

Paspalinae

Nomen number:

26889

Place of publication:

Gram. monogr., Paspalum 106. 1810

Verified:

02/07/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Paspalum notatum Flüggé var. notatum (5 active accession[s])
Paspalum notatum Flüggé var. saurae Parodi (9 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Bahia grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	herbe de Bahia	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Bahiagras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	erba di bahia	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	amerika-suzume-no-hie	2	Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-forquilha	2	Boldrini, I. I. et al. 2011. Paspalum notatum. Capim-forquilha. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Sul 338-341.
Portuguese (Brazil)	grama-batatais	2	Boldrini, I. I. et al. 2011. Paspalum notatum. Capim-forquilha. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Sul 338-341.
Spanish	alpargata	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanish	cambute	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanish	cañamazo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	grama dulce	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pasto horqueta	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	sacasebo	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Transcribed Chinese	bai xi cao	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	6	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	8	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	11	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	1 - Basal	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	49	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	10	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Size	Stem size by code	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	9 - Sparse	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	1 - Abundant	S9.GRASSES.PASPALUM.NOTATUM.BYRON.2004	PI 556953 02 SD	Not Available