Details for: PI 632986, Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann., 'AMBASSADOR'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.
Cultivar:
'AMBASSADOR'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 2003
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.
Cultivar:
'AMBASSADOR'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 2003
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'AMBASSADOR'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Out of the 62 plants harvested and bulked as original breeder seed, 30 plants exhibited choke stroma, the reproductive structure of the Epichloe festucae endophyte.
Festuca rubra L. subspp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

103637
Place of publication:

Kart. der Schweiz 81. 1968
Verified:
01/07/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Festuca rubra L. (432 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. (22 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. densiuscula Hack. ex Piper (2 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman (6 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. litoralis (G. Mey.) Auquier (3 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick (1 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper (0 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra (44 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Festuca rubra L. unranked commutata Gaudin, nom. inval.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca nigrescens Lam.
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChewings fescue  1Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 07 Jan 2008, from Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 01 Apr 2003, from Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct.
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Pedigree
Description:
An advanced generation synthetic cultivar selected from the maternal progenies of thirty-nine clones.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-94, FESCUE. Issued: 01 May 2005.
  • Ford, T. M., W. A. Meyer, J. A. Murphy, S. A. Bonos, D. A. Smith, & C. R. Funk. 2005. Ambassador Chewings Fescue. Crop Sci. (Madison) 45(3):1162-1163.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 200300158
Variety: Ambassador
Taxonomy: Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.
Experimental name/synonym: LTP-5001
Crop: FESCUE, CHEWINGS
Applicant: Lebanon Seaboard Corporation
Date filed: 02/10/2003
Date issued: 12/06/2006
Status: Certificate Issued
Status date: 12/06/2006

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.197 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 632986 2004o SDNot Available