Details for: PI 562690, Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis, 'FLORICO'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis

Cultivar:

'FLORICO'

Origin:

Developed – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

13 Oct 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		PI 562690 01 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis

Cultivar:

'FLORICO'

Origin:

Developed – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

13 Oct 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Florida, United States
Comment: Introduced into Puerto Rico in 1957 from Kenya, Africa. In 1972, several ramets were brought from Puerto Rico to the Agricultural Research and Education Center Ona, Florida
Developer(s):

Donated

13 October 1992.

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'FLORICO'

Type: Cultivar name

Puerto Rico PI 2341

Type: Other or unclassified name

CCYN 14

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Stoloniferous, tufted perennial grass with erect stems, which lack rhizomes. Leaf sheaths scattered to dense pubescence. Ligules consist of a membrane to 0.8mm long, fringed with pubescence to 0.1mm long. Leaf blades 2-6mm wide and 7-23cm long, stiff with scattered pubescence on both sides. Inflorescence and vegetation distinctly purplish. Few if any seeds are produced and propagation is entirely vegetative.

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. nlemfuensis

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

317735

Verified:

10/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst var. robustus Clayton & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])

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