Details for: PI 642398, Andropogon gerardi Vitman, 9084510


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
9084510
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
9084510
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
1999.
Michigan, United States

Accession Names and Identifiers
9084510
Type: Institute identifier

Southlow Michigan Big Bluestem
Type: Donor identifier

NSL 439900
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Perennial, warm-season bunch grass with short, scaly rhizomes. Stems are erect and pithy and can reach a height of 8 feet. Very leafy at base, lessening considerably up the stem. Leaf blades have long, silky hairs widely dispersed on the upper surface. Plants bear 2-6 racemes at the tip of the culms, and usually some smaller inflorescences from leaf axils. Since undergoing no purposeful selection it should not differ in rate of spread, seed production, vigor, or behavior from naturally occurring big bluestem in area. Anticipated uses include providing food/cover for wildlife, increasing species diversity, controlling erosion, and restoring native plant environments.
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Genus:
Andropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:

3215
Place of publication:

Summa pl. 6:16. 1792
Comment:
the original spelling is permissible under Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60C.2, since the given name Gerard or Gérard, which dates at least to the Early Middle Ages when Latin was the international language of Europe, has a well-established latinized form and is not correctable under Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.8
Verified:
07/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Andropogon gerardi Vitman subsp. gerardi
Andropogon gerardi Vitman var. gerardi

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. ex Willd.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbig bluestem  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishturkeyfoot  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Frenchbarbon de Gerard  2Campbell, C. S. 1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 25:653. Note: as "Andropogon gerardii"
Spanishpopotillo gigante  2Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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Description:
Collected from 22 native stands (as designated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division) in southern half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula in 1999. Seeds were mixed and planted in a single crossing block without further purposeful selection.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. GP-1, BLUESTEM. Issued: 01 Jan 2007.
  • Durling, J. C., J. W. Leif, & D. W. Burgdorf. 2007. Southlow Michigan Germplasm Big Bluestem. Crop Sci. (Madison) 47(1):455.