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Details for: PI 671958,
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty, 'SUNSHINE'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Cultivar:
'SUNSHINE'
Origin:
Donated – Louisiana, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
13 Jul 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Rhizome
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PI 671958 01 PL
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Cultivar:
'SUNSHINE'
Origin:
Donated – Louisiana, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
13 Jul 1998
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Rhizome
Source History
Donated
Louisiana, United States
Accession Names and Identifiers
'SUNSHINE'
Type: Cultivar name
Q 37744
Type: Quarantine identifier
VET-MRL-001; BUPBC SS 7749
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
The current plant sample maintained in the collection was donated in October 2004 as 'Fort Polk'. According to unpublished reports, 'Fort Polk' is assumed to be a alternative name for 'Sunshine' and is genetically the same clone.
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
Genus:
Chrysopogon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Chrysopogoninae
Nomen number:
424704
Place of publication:
Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A 22:106. 1960
Verified:
03/18/2003
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phalaris zizanioides
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Anatherum zizanioides
(L.) Hitchc. & Chase
Andropogon zizanioides
(L.) Urb.
Vetiveria zizanioides
(L.) Nash
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon muricatus
Retz.
Andropogon odoratus
Steud., nom. inval.
Vetiveria odoratissima
Bory ex Cloquet
Invalid Designation(s)
Andropogon squarrosus
auct.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
cuscus grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
khus-khus
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
khus-khus grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Note:
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
vetiver
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
English
vetiver grass
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
1
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
French
chiendent odorant
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds.
1999. Essential-oil plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA)
19:167-172.
Note:
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
French
vétiver
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
German
Vetivergras
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
India
khas-khas
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-de-cheiro
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-sândalo
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
patchuli-falso
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
zacate violeta
as
Vetiveria zizanioides
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Note:
=
Vetiveria zizanioides
Swedish
vetivergräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
18 Mar 2003, from
Vetiveria zizanioides
(L.) Nash to
Chrysopogon zizanioides
(L.) Roberty
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