Details for: PI 599348, Cynodon sp., 'FLORADWARF'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'FLORADWARF'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
23 Sep 1997
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Information Only
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'FLORADWARF'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
23 Sep 1997
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Information Only
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1997.
Florida, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'FLORADWARF'
Type: Cultivar name

FHB-135
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Dense, fine textured creeping turfgrass. Growth habit dwarf. Nonflowering, sterile. Photoperiod responsive, leaves longer and wider under long days. Compared to Tifdwarf has greater turf density, superior turf quality with less top growth at high fertility, unmowed growth height avg. 8 mm, purple coloration during winter 53% less, and putting quality better. Thatch develops in short time period requiring timely control measures involving combinations of vertical mowing and topdressing.
Cynodon spp.
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

300163
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Cynodon
Verified:
01/10/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBermuda grass  1Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
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Pedigree
Date released:
1995
Description:
Vegetative selection as off-type, presumably mutation, from Tifgreen bermudagrass thought to have been planted 11 years before collection.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-35, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 01 Mar 1998.
  • Dudeck, A. E. & C. L. Murdoch. 1998. Floradwarf Bermudagrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 38(2):538.