Details for: PI 562143, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv., 'ROCKER'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Cultivar:

'ROCKER'

Origin:

Developed – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

10 Sep 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Cultivar:

'ROCKER'

Origin:

Developed – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Received by NPGS:

10 Sep 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Arizona, United States

Developer(s):

Pater, M.J., USDA, SCS

Donated

10 September 1992.
Arizona, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ROCKER'

Type: Cultivar name

9043377

Type: Other or unclassified name

T43377

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Plant size 120cm by 120cm. Flowers and sets seed from late September through early November. Seed length averages 7mm, with a stiffly-hispid callus attached at the base. Exhibited ability to produce an abundance of green herbage despite well below average summer precipitation. Primarily used for controlling rill and gully erosion.

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Genus:

Heteropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Anthristiriinae

Nomen number:

18953

Place of publication:

J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes, Syst. veg. 2:836. 1817

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/720525

Comment:

the combination was ascribed to Palisot de Beauvois, who was thanked for his contributions in vol. 1, p. xviii

Verified:

02/21/2022 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Andropogon contortus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	black spear grass	1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	bunch spear grass	1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	bunched spear grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	spear grass	1	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:137.
English	tangle grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	tanglehead	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	assegaaigras	2	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Afrikaans	steekgras	2	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
French	herbe à moutons	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	herbe barbue	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	herbe polisson	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
German	Speergras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	flechinha	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish	hierba torcida	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	huang mao	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

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