Details for: PI 564239, Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone, PMB-37

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Top Name:

PMB-37

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

07 May 1990

Form Received:

Plant

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Top Name:

PMB-37

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

07 May 1990

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Collected

23 April 1990.
India
Locality: Grass nursery of D.C. Kadoch

Collector(s):

Developed

India

Developer(s):

Hemachel Pradesh Agr. Univ.

Donated

07 May 1990.
United States
Comment: Received through NBPGR, IARI Campus, New Delhi, India
Donor(s):

Sharp, W.C., Ecological Sciences Division

Accession Names and Identifiers

PMB-37

Type: Institute identifier

MS-1

Type: Collector identifier

BE-2920

Type: Other or unclassified name

IC111472

Type: Other or unclassified name

Q 28074

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Most cold tolerant of napier grass selections. Good potential for forage and use in grass hedges.

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464278

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010

Verified:

01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum benthamii Steud.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	barner grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	elephant grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Merker grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	Napier grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Afrikaans	olifantsgras	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
French	napier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Elefantengras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	capim-elefante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-napiê	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-napier-elefante	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	hierba elefante	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanish	pasto elefante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. to Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone