Details for: PI 595896, Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L., 'Jackson'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'Jackson'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

22 Jul 1996

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'Jackson'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

22 Jul 1996

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Texas, United States

Developer(s):

Adams, Melvin, USDA, NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Jackson'

Type: Cultivar name

9043740

Type: Donor identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Narrative

Apomictic tetraploid. Avgerage foliage height 147cm and average width 88.0cm. Plant height approx. 2.5m, seed maturity in late June. In clipping studies yielded 16,678 DM lbs./ac. using 45 day clipping interval and 250 lbs. N/ac. DM yield increased to 21,883 lbs./ac. using 60 day clipping interval and 250 lbs. N/ac. Protein 9.3% for 45 day clipping and 7.56% for 60 day interval using 250 lbs. N/ac. Original seed source collected in Jackson Co., Texas.

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40489

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1261. 1759

Verified:

03/04/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan (1 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy (84 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. mexicanum de Wet & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	eastern gama grass	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	gama grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French	herbe grama	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Gamagras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-gigante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	macillo	2	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Spanish	pasto Guatemala	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate maicero	2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. 261.
Swedish	gamagräs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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