Details for: PI 678551, Andropogon gerardi Vitman, Big Bluestem


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
Big Bluestem
Origin:
Collected – Ohio, United States
Received by NPGS:
12 Jul 2006
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed200 countPI 678551 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
Big Bluestem
Origin:
Collected – Ohio, United States
Received by NPGS:
12 Jul 2006
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
01 December 2005.
Ohio, United States
Locality: Dayton, Montgomery County
Coordinates: 39.7256, -84.2147 (Map it)
Elevation: 300m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Environment description: Well drained. Full sun. West facing steep hillside prairie remnant, slump prairie. Sandy fox soil. Population size: 25. Site size: 2 acres. Dominant species Muhlenbergia cuspidata overlooking Great Miami River.
Number of plants sampled: 5
Comment: Associated vegetation: Plains Muhlenbergia, sand dropseed, little and big bluestem growing in sandy slump prairie remnant. See topzone map.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Big Bluestem
Type: Local name

Grif 16432
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative
3' to 4' tall grass
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.
Other conspecific taxa
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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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed S9.GRASS.IMAGE.SEED.2012PI 678551 or SDNot Available