Details for: PI 619160, Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus, 'BOWIE'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Cultivar:
'BOWIE'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Jun 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 619160 2023i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Cultivar:
'BOWIE'
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Jun 2001
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'BOWIE'
Type: Cultivar name

NTG-5
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Superior turfgrass quality and density and wide range of adaptation. Dark-green color comparable to Tatanka. In Oklahoma 1997-98 exhibited longer stolon internodes (21.3mm) than Tatanka(16.4mm), but shorter stolon internodes than Bison (24.4mm) and similar to Cody. Stolon diameter smaller (3.3mm) compared to Bison (4.1mm), Cody (3.6mm), Texoka (3.5mm), similar to Tatanka. Shoot leaf length (13.7mm) shorten than Texoka (16.3mm) but longer than Tatanka (10.1mm) and similar to Bison and Cidy. Wider leaf (1.2mm) width than Tatanka (1.0mm) and cody (1.0mm), similar to Texoka and Bison. Canopy ht (14.7cm). Plant ht. (19.6cm). Has shown drought tolerance and excellent cold tolerance for a warm season grass. Has improved frost tolerance and excellent winter survival.
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Genus:
Bouteloua
Section:
Buchloe
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Boutelouinae
Nomen number:

418957
Place of publication:

Aliso 18:63. 1999
Verified:
10/15/2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sesleria dactyloides Nutt.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. ex Kuntze

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbuffalo grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchherbe aux bisons as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
GermanBüffelgras as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Portuguese (Brazil)capim-erva-de-búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishhierba búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanishzacate búfalo as Buchloe dactyloides2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Swedishbisongräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Oct 2001, from Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. to Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
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Pedigree
Description:
Two male clones, 84-3428 and 84-3162 and two female clones, 84-25-2 and 84-304 were planted in a polycross at a ratio of 8:1.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-241, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 2005.
  • Riordan, T., S. Severmutlu, C. Rodgers, & R. C. Shearman. 2005. Bowie Buffalograss. Crop Sci. (Madison) 45(5):2120.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 200100201
Variety: Bowie
Taxonomy: Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Experimental name/synonym: NTG-5
Crop: BUFFALOGRASS
Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date filed: 05/10/2001
Date issued: 06/10/2002
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 06/10/2022

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.1.687 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 619160 2005o SDNot Available