Details for: PI 53174, Anthoxanthum nitens (Weber) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp, 'Holy grass'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Anthoxanthum nitens (Weber) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp

Cultivar:

'Holy grass'

Origin:

Collected – Uppsala län, Sweden

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

12 Apr 1921

PI Assigned:

1921

Inventory Volume:

67
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Anthoxanthum nitens (Weber) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp

Cultivar:

'Holy grass'

Origin:

Collected – Uppsala län, Sweden

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

12 Apr 1921

PI Assigned:

1921

Source History

Collected

Uppsala län, Sweden

Collector(s):

Juel, O., Botanical Garden - Uppsala

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Holy grass'

Type: Cultivar name

Also Vanilla grass or Seneca grass

Narrative

Anthoxanthum nitens (Weber) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp

Genus:

Anthoxanthum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Anthoxanthinae

Nomen number:

452388

Place of publication:

Blumea 30:348. 1985

Verified:

03/01/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Poa nitens Weber

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Hierochloe borealis Roem. & Schult.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv.
Holcus odoratus L.
Torresia odorata (L.) Hitchc.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	holy grass	as Hierochloe odorata	1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. Note: = Hierochloe odorata
English	manna grass	as Hierochloe odorata	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Hierochloe odorata
English	Seneca grass	as Hierochloe odorata	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Hierochloe odorata
English	sweet grass	as Hierochloe odorata	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Hierochloe odorata
English	vanilla grass	as Hierochloe odorata	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Hierochloe odorata
German	Duftmariengras	as Hierochloe odorata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Hierochloe odorata
Swedish	myskgräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 01 Mar 2007, from Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv. to Anthoxanthum nitens (Weber) Y. Schouten & Veldkamp
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 09 Mar 2004, from Torresia odorata (L.) Hitchc. to Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv.