Details for: PI 652949, Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack., 'HAMMOCK'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.
Cultivar:
'HAMMOCK'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Feb 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.
Cultivar:
'HAMMOCK'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
29 Feb 2008
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

Georgia, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'HAMMOCK'
Type: Cultivar name

BA-417
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
The purpose of this breeding program was to enlarge the diversity of clonally propagated warm season perennial turf varieties grown in Florida s specialty turfgrass market and identify a centipedegrass variety that would be acceptable as a regional variety for the subtropical and tropical regions of Florida, where centipedegrass is not typically grown. It was originally tested as breeding line BA-417, and Plant Patent Application No. 12/006,777 (Jan. 15, 2008) was submitted under said designation. Hammock was selected for two agronomic traits, including a more refined leaf structure and quality along with a faster rate of crop establishment. Hammock produced leaves that were significantly shorter and generally narrower than the standard varieties, and received superior summer-turf quality ratings. It also produced a fresh leaf color that ranged from 2.5GY (5-6/2) to 7.5GY (5-6/4) as determined by comparing vegetative samples to the Munsell Color Chart. In southern Florida, Hammock exhibited a faster rate of crop establishment than the standard varieties, and typically covered the plots a month earlier. This pattern was repeated in northern Florida.
Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.
Genus:
Eremochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Ratzeburgiinae
Nomen number:

15352
Place of publication:

A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 6:261. 1889
Verified:
12/04/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ischaemum ophiuroides Munro

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcentipede grass  1Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Englishlazy-man's grass  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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Citations
  • Scully, B. T., R. T. Nagata, G. S. Nuessly, R. L. Beiriger, K. E. Kenworthy, & J. B. Unruh. 2012. Registration of ‘Hammock’ Centipedegrass. J. Pl. Registr. 6(3):246. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2012.02.0082crc. Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
This variety of centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.) originated and was initially selected in Palm Beach County, Florida, and coded as breeding line number BA-417. It was one of a number of unique and distinctly different vegetative off-types/inclusions growing in a planting of common centipedegrass .
Intellectual Property Rights
Journal of Plant Registration. CV-264, OTHER GRASSES. Issued: 01 Sep 2012.
  • Scully, B. T., R. T. Nagata, G. S. Nuessly, R. L. Beiriger, K. E. Kenworthy, & J. B. Unruh. 2012. Registration of ‘Hammock’ Centipedegrass. J. Pl. Registr. 6(3):246. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2012.02.0082crc.
U.S. Plant patent. Plant Patent 20,812P3, Issued: 09 Mar 2010.