Details for: PI 634535, Cenchrus ciliaris L., 'FRIO'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Cultivar:
'FRIO'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
20 Jan 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 634535 01 SD
 
Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Prohibited by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf
  • USA – Arizona
Class C Noxious Weed
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf
  • USA – Arizona (as Pennisetum ciliare)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Cultivar:
'FRIO'
Origin:
Developed – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
20 Jan 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

Texas, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'FRIO'
Type: Cultivar name

T-409704
Type: Other or unclassified name

T-704
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Leafy bunch grass that produces inflorescences from about 120 to 140 cm high and the upper most leaves grow to a height of about 95 to 120 cm. The inflorescence is a dense, cylindrical, erect panicle, usually from 9 to 13 cm long. The inflorescence is composed of numerous clusters of spikelets with each fascicle surrounded by an involucre of bristles. Involucres have one to three spikelets but usually only one or two. The circumference of most of the inflorescences are larger than those of the cv. Common buffelgrass and at maturity the inflorescences have a light tan color rather than the typical light purple color that is characteristic of most buffelgrasses. Most important characteristic is more winter hardiness than any commercially available buffelgrass cv. Produces a limited number of short rhizomes, but the resistance to cold temperatures is associated with tissue tolerance rather than the short rhizomes. A pentaploid with 45 chromosomes which is unique for buffelgrass because most, if not all, other cvs. have 36 chromosomes. A facultative apomict with a very low level of sexual reproduction. Less than 0.1% of progeny are off-type plants.
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:

9794
Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 2:302. 1771
Verified:
09/16/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum cenchroides Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus glaucus C. R. Mudaliar & Sundararaj
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link
Pennisetum incomptum Nees

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican foxtail grass as Cenchrus ciliaris1CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Englishbuffel grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabicsabat as Cenchrus ciliaris2Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Frenchcenchrus cilié as Cenchrus ciliaris2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
GermanBüffelgras as Cenchrus ciliaris2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
GermanKlebgras as Cenchrus ciliaris2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1287.
Indiadhaman as Cenchrus ciliaris2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Italiancencro ciliare  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanishpasto buffel as Cenchrus ciliaris2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cenchrus ciliaris
Spanish (Mexico)zacate buffel as Cenchrus ciliaris2Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 16 Sep 2008, from Cenchrus ciliaris L. to Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 16 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link to Cenchrus ciliaris L.
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Pedigree
Description:
Selected from an off-type plant growing in a row of open-pollinated progeny of PI 409704. PI 409704 is a facultative apomict that reproduces primarily by apomixis. This off-type plant also is a facultative apomict; however, essentially all of the progeny are uniform and identical to the maternal parent. Therefore, is a true breeding apomictic cv. that resulted from a rare sexual event in PI 409704.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-239, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Jan 2005.
  • Hussey, M. A. & B. L. Burson. 2005. Frio Buffelgrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 45(1):411-412.