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Details for: PI 603289,
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman, 'SUNNYVIEW'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman
Cultivar:
'SUNNYVIEW'
Origin:
Developed – South Dakota, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
30 Apr 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
200 count
PI 603289 02 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman
Cultivar:
'SUNNYVIEW'
Origin:
Developed – South Dakota, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
30 Apr 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1998.
South Dakota, United States
Developer(s):
Boe, Arvid, South Dakota State University
Haas, Russ, USDA, NRCS
Ross, J.G., South Dakota State University
Tober, Dwight, USDA, NRCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'SUNNYVIEW'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Vigorous, leafy, winterhardy, adapted to USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4 between 42 deg. and 48 deg. latitude and 95 deg. and 100 deg. N longitude. Height may exceed 2.5m. Reaches anthesis about Aug. 10 at Brookings, SD. High percentage of partially to completely hermaphroditic plants. Seed-per-spikelet ratio may exceed 75%. Fifty-caryoples weights are about 85 mg for sessile and 55 mg for pedicellat
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman
Genus:
Andropogon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
3215
Place of publication:
Summa pl. 6:16. 1792
Comment:
the original spelling is permissible under Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60C.2, since the given name Gerard or Gérard, which dates at least to the Early Middle Ages when Latin was the international language of Europe, has a well-established latinized form and is not correctable under
Shenzhen ICN
Art. 60.8
Verified:
07/11/1997
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman subsp.
gerardi
Andropogon gerardi
Vitman var.
gerardi
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon furcatus
Muhl. ex Willd.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
big bluestem
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
turkeyfoot
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French
barbon de Gerard
2
Campbell, C. S.
1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee,
Flora of North America.
25:653.
Note:
as "
Andropogon gerardii
"
Spanish
popotillo gigante
2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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Description:
Source population from native stand in SE South Dakota.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-11, BLUESTEM. Issued: 01 Mar 1999.
Boe, A., J. G. Ross, R. J. Haas, & D. A. Tober.
1999. Sunnyview big bluestem. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(2):593.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
9
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
18
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
8
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
2 - Cauline
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
40
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
12
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in millimeters
4
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
100
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES.EXPERIMENT.2006
PI 603289 02 SD