Details for: W6 31051, Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra, 'Merlin'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra
Cultivar:
'Merlin'
Origin:
Donated –
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.
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:
'Merlin'
Origin:
Donated –
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):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Merlin'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 31051
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishred fescue  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinesezi yang mao紫羊茅 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchfétuque rouge  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchfétuque rouge traçante  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
GermanRotschwingel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianfestuca rossa  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesefestuca-encarnada  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcañuela roja  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishrödsvingel  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanwanggimuiteol  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETStandard ChecksGrass standard checksMerlin GRASS.STANDARD.CHECKSW6 31051 PVPS SDNot Available