Details for: PI 584767, Cynodon ×magennisii Hurcombe, 'MS-EXPRESS'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon ×magennisii Hurcombe
Cultivar:
'MS-EXPRESS'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 Jan 1995
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon ×magennisii Hurcombe
Cultivar:
'MS-EXPRESS'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 Jan 1995
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MS-EXPRESS'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Triploid (2n=3x=27). Good turf quality, high shoot density, fine leaf texture, early spring green-up, and rapid vegetative establishment. Good resistance to leafspot (Bipolaris cynodontis) and dollarspot (Lanzia spp. and Moellerodiscus spp.). Recommended for putting, tennis, and bowling greens.
Cynodon ×magennisii Hurcombe
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

12855
Place of publication:

J. S. African Bot. 13:109. 1947
Verified:
12/02/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishMagennis Bermuda grass  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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Description:
Vegetative increase of single clone ecotype selection collected at Shady Oaks Country Club, Jackson, MS.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-24, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 28 Feb 1995.
  • Krans, J. V., H. W. Philley, J. M. Goatley, Jr., M. Tomaso-Peterson, & V. L. Maddox. 1995. MS-EXPRESS BERMUDAGRASS. Crop Sci. (Madison) 35(5):1507.