Details for: PI 578844, Poa pratensis L., 'SYDSPORT'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa pratensis L.

Cultivar:

'SYDSPORT'

Origin:

Collected – Sweden

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 578844 95o 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:

Poa pratensis L.

Cultivar:

'SYDSPORT'

Origin:

Collected – Sweden

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1980

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Sweden

Donated

1980.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

E.F. Burlingham & Sons

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SYDSPORT'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

After sowing it has rather rapid development. Rhizomatous growth forms dense turf. Very high number of shoots. Leaves are broad, erect, dark green, slightly hairy without anthocyan. Flag leaf is average in length. Ligule is white, slightly hairy and medium long. Panicle is relatively short but dense and slightly anthocyan colored. 1000 kernel weight is 0.30 gm. Good resistance to Helminthosporium, mildew, and rust. Good winterhardiness. Browner winter color than Merion since it goes into winterdormancy earlied. Very resistant to wearing and playing. More tolerant to low cutting height than most other varieties. Well suited for sports grounds and hard wearing areas.

Poa pratensis L.

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

28996

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.

Comment:

conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Poa pratensis L. subsp. agassizensis (B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen (2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (86 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (8 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	English meadow grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Kentucky bluegrass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	smooth meadow grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	pâturin des prés	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Wiesenrispengras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	erba fienarola	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	nagahagusa	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	capim-do-campo	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	grama de prados	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	poa común	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate poa	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	ängsgröe	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	cao di zao shu he	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	wangpoapul	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russian	mjatlik lugovoj	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.03		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 578844 95o SD