Details for: PI 591824, Panicum virgatum L., 'SHAWNEE'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Panicum virgatum L.

Cultivar:

'SHAWNEE'

Origin:

Collected – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

12 Oct 1995

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

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 591824 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Panicum virgatum L.

Cultivar:

'SHAWNEE'

Origin:

Collected – Nebraska, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

12 Oct 1995

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Coordinates: 37.4692, -88.1653 (Map it)
Comment: GPS coordinates have been estimated using passport data.

Developed

Nebraska, United States

Developer(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SHAWNEE'

Type: Cultivar name

Named after the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois which is near the location where the germplasm for the cutlivar was originally collected.

Narrative

Upland, octaploid switchgrass. Improved forage quality as measured by in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) in comparison to Cave-in-Rock and improved forage yield in comparison to Trailblazer. Good persistance and relatively free of diseases. Adapted to USDA hardiness zones 5,6, and 7 east of 100 deg. W. longitude.

Panicum virgatum L.

Genus:

Panicum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Panicinae

Nomen number:

26657

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:59. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358078

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/11/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Panicum virgatum L. var. virgatum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum virgatum L. var. cubense Griseb.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Blackwell switch grass		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	switch grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)	switch grass	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 45.
French	panic érigé		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	panic vierge		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	panic raide	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 45.
German	Rutenhirse		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	panico vergato		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish	jungfruhirs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	liu zhi ji		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Flower - Image of flower		S9.GRASS.IMAGE.SWITCHGRASS.2007		Not Available