PI 23390 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Cultivar:

'Favorite grass'

Origin:

Collected – São Paulo, Brazil

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

27 Jul 1908

PI Assigned:

1908

Inventory Volume:

16
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Cultivar:

'Favorite grass'

Origin:

Collected – São Paulo, Brazil

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

27 Jul 1908

PI Assigned:

1908

Source History

Collected

São Paulo, Brazil

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Favorite grass'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

Genus:

Melinis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

409666

Place of publication:

Biblioth. Bot. 138:55. 1988

Verified:

12/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Saccharum repens Willd.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb.
Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Tricholaena rosea Nees

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Natal grass	as Rhynchelytrum roseum	1	Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Rhynchelytrum roseum
English	Natal-redtop		1	Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English	red Natal grass		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish	yerba de Natal	as Rhynchelytrum repens	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163. Note: = Rhychelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb.
Swedish	rosengräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 24 Oct 2000, from Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb. to Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 13 Jun 1996, from Tricholaena rosea Nees to Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C. E. Hubb.

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Details for: PI 23390, Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, 'Favorite grass'