Details for: PI 595897, Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L., 'Medina'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'Medina'

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:

'Medina'

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

'Medina'

Type: Cultivar name

9043762

Type: Donor identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Narrative

Apomictic tetraploid. Average foliage height 137cm, width 111.0cm. Plant height approx. 2m, seed maturity in late June. In clipping studies yielded 15,794 DM lbs./ac. using 45 day clipping interval and 250 lbs. N/ac. DM yield 20,079 lbs./ac. using 60 day clipping interval and 250 lbs. N/ac. Protein 9.33% for 45 day clipping interval and 7.55% for 60 day interval for same N rates. Original seed source collected in Medina 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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