Details for: W6 31031, Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra, 'Boreal'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Cultivar:

'Boreal'

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

Western Regional PI Station

Email Paul.Galewski@usda.gov for seed requests of Grass Standard Checks Phone: 509-335-3771

This accession is a Turfgrass Breeders Association (TBA) PVP Standard Check Variety. The seed of these standards is furnished by the TBA and housed and distributed at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station to insure all members use the same seed lot for morphological comparison trials. Approximately 5 g of large seeded species, such as Tall Fescue, and 2.5 g of small seeded species, such as Bentgrass, are available.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Cultivar:

'Boreal'

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

21 June 1994.

Donor(s):

Loft's Pedigreed Seed, Inc.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Boreal'

Type: Cultivar name

W6 31031

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

This accession is a Turfgrass Breeders Association PVP Standard Check Variety for use in space-planted morphological comparison trials. Contact Dr. Paul Galewski to receive the Standard Check order form.

Festuca rubra L. subspp. rubra

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

300215

Verified:

01/08/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca rubra L. (432 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. (22 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann. (51 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. densiuscula Hack. ex Piper (2 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman (6 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. litoralis (G. Mey.) Auquier (3 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick (1 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper (0 active accession[s])

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

Autonym(s)
Festuca rubra L. var. rubra

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca glaucescens Hegetschw. & Heer
Festuca rubra L. subsp. glaucescens K. Richt.
Festuca rubra L. subsp. glaucodea Piper
Festuca rubra L. subsp. vulgaris Hayek
Festuca rubra L. unranked vulgaris Gaudin, nom. inval.
Festuca rubra L. var. glaucescens Hack.
Festuca rubra L. var. lanuginosa Mert. & W. D. J. Koch

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	red fescue		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	zi yang mao	紫羊茅	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	fétuque rouge		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	fétuque rouge traçante		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	Rotschwingel		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	festuca rossa		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese	festuca-encarnada		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cañuela roja		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	rödsvingel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	wanggimuiteol		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Jan 2008, from Festuca rubra L. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome number	Somatic chromosome number	63	3	For a htm file on the technique used. For a Excel file of Jaussi's data.">GRASS.CHROMNUM.2008.JAUSSI	W6 31031 PVPS SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Standard Checks	Grass standard checks	Boreal		GRASS.STANDARD.CHECKS	W6 31031 PVPS SD	Not Available