Details for: PI 337620, Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone, IICA Acc. No. 66.004

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Top Name:

IICA Acc. No. 66.004

Origin:

Collected – Cartago, Costa Rica

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

04 Oct 1968

PI Assigned:

1968

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Cane

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

176
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Napiergrass rhizomes distributed in February	PI 337620 01 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Top Name:

IICA Acc. No. 66.004

Origin:

Collected – Cartago, Costa Rica

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

04 Oct 1968

PI Assigned:

1968

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Cane

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Cartago, Costa Rica
Comment: Canes from the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IICA), Turrialba, Costa Rica. Originally from Panama
Collector(s):

Oakes, A.J., Division of Plant Science Research

Donated

30 September 2010.

Comment: Site received accession through W. Anderson, USDA, ARS
Donor(s):

Anderson, William F., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

IICA Acc. No. 66.004

Type: Institute identifier

Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences

N14

Type: Donor identifier

Anderson, William F. USDA, ARS

Col. 798

Type: Collector identifier

Oakes, A.J. Division of Plant Science Research

Narrative

Canes 3 to 5 m. high, 1 to 2 cm. in diameter at base

Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Genus:

Cenchrus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Cenchrinae

Nomen number:

464278

Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:129. 2010

Verified:

01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum benthamii Steud.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	barner grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	elephant grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Merker grass	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	Napier grass	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Afrikaans	olifantsgras	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
French	napier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Elefantengras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	capim-elefante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-napiê	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-napier-elefante	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	hierba elefante	2	Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Spanish	pasto elefante	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. to Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone