Details for: PI 675539, Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths, 'ALMA'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Cultivar:
'ALMA'
Origin:
Collected – New Mexico, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Cultivar:
'ALMA'
Origin:
Collected – New Mexico, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
PRE 1992.


Developed
PRE 2002.
New Mexico, United States

Donated
2004.
New Mexico, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'ALMA'
Type: Cultivar name

9044169
Type: Institute identifier

NSL 439907
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Blue grama is a principal component in warm season mixes for rangeland improvement where adapted. It is suitable for use in erosion control and surface mine revegetation. As a warm season grass it becomes dormant in fall and greens up mid-spring. Blue grama is most dominant in the Great Plains with 12-16 inches precipitation. It tolerates moderate salinity and alkalinity and occurs in association with buffalograss, western wheatgrass, needlegrass, and Sandberg bluegrass.
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Genus:
Bouteloua
Section:
Chondrosum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Boutelouinae
Nomen number:

7527
Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14:375. 1912, nom. cons. (Steudel, Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:219. 1840, pro syn.)
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons., Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.10 & App. IV) against the earlier homonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 53) Bouteloua gracilis Vasey, nom. rej.
Verified:
03/27/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chondrosum gracile Kunth

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Atheropogon oligostachyus Nutt.
Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A. Gray

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue grama  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishblue grama grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englisheyelash grass  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English (Canada)blue grama Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
French (Canada)boutelou gracieux Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41-42.
Spanishnavajita  2Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Note: lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.
Spanishnavajita azul  2Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Note: lists as Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag.
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Description:
Alma is a breeding selection of Lovington, Hachita and PMC-1483. It was selected for its heavier seed weight, seedling emergence, seedling vigor and seed and forage production using 3 cycles of recurrent selection. Alma was better in emergence in Colorado dryland trials but is not significantly different in forage productivity.