Details for: PI 604246, Cynodon sp., 'FLORAKIRK'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'FLORAKIRK'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
03 Aug 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'FLORAKIRK'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
03 Aug 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
1998.
Florida, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'FLORAKIRK'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Stoloniferous, tufted perennial grass with erect, fine, stems, and weakly rhizomnous. Stems branched and leafy, 0.5 to 2.4 mm in diameter, and reach heights of 38 to 44 cm. Ligules consist of a membrane 0.15 to 0.5 mm long, with fringed hairs 0.1 to 0.4 mm long. Leaf blades 2.5 to 25 cm long, 1.4 to 5.5 mm wide, flat, soft, and succulent. Infloresence composed of 3 to 6 (occasionally 8) purplish-red spike-like branches, 4.2 to 8.8 cm long and arranged in a shor1 at apex of stem. Few if any seeds produced, and is entirely vegetative.
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
Description:
Tifton 44 / Callie
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-37, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 01 Mar 1999.
  • Mislevy, P., W. F. Brown, R. S. Kalmbacher, L. S. Dunavin, W. S. Judd, T. A. Kucharek, O. C. Ruelke, J. W. Noling, R. M. Sonoda, & R. L. Stanley, Jr. 1999. Florakirk Bermudagrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(2):587.