Details for: PI 634941, Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L., 'HIGHLANDER'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'HIGHLANDER'

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

Plant Variety Protection Voucher Collection

Received by NPGS:

05 Apr 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'HIGHLANDER'

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

Plant Variety Protection Voucher Collection

Received by NPGS:

05 Apr 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Mississippi, United States

Developer(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'HIGHLANDER'

Type: Cultivar name

9062680

Type: Institute identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Narrative

Native, warm season, perennial grass selected for superior vigor, growth form, disease resistance and forage attributes from among 72 initial collections and 12 superior forage selections. Yields in excess of 15 Mg ha-1 were reported in regional trials in the southeastern U.S. Forage quality estimates of crude protein range from 60 to 110 g kg-1 DM, acid detergent fiber from 370 to 420 g kg-1 DM, neutral detergent fiber from 670 to 730 g kg-1 DM, and in vitro dry matter digestibility from 600 to 740 g kg-1 DM. Appears to have resistance to Rhizoctonia sp. and Pythium sp. Well adapted for use in the eastern portions of USDA Hardiness Zones 6b to 8a, using Interstate 35 as the western limit. Current testing has not completely substantiated Zone 6b as the northern limit of range of adaptation. A tetraploid (2n=72) and reproduces by facultative apomixes.

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40489

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1261. 1759

Verified:

03/04/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan (1 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy (84 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. mexicanum de Wet & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	eastern gama grass	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	gama grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French	herbe grama	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Gamagras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-gigante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	macillo	2	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Spanish	pasto Guatemala	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	zacate maicero	2	Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. 261.
Swedish	gamagräs	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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