Details for: PI 153063, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, 'Purple-top Buffel grass'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Cultivar:

'Purple-top Buffel grass'

Origin:

Collected – Zimbabwe

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

02 Jan 1946

PI Assigned:

1946

Inventory Volume:

154
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Cultivar:

'Purple-top Buffel grass'

Origin:

Collected – Zimbabwe

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

02 Jan 1946

PI Assigned:

1946

Source History

Collected

Zimbabwe

Collector(s):

Department of Agriculture

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Purple-top Buffel grass'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Genus:

Megathyrsus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

447623

Place of publication:

Austrobaileya 6:572. 2003

Verified:

01/05/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. coloratus (C. T. White) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. maximus (0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. pubiglumis (K. Schum.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Panicum maximum Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. maximum
Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. D. Webster

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. trichoglume Robyns

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	green panic grass	as Panicum maximum	1	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:172. Note: as Panicum maximum
English	Guinea grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	herbe de Guinée	as Panicum maximum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
German	Guineagras	as Panicum maximum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Italian	erba della Guinea		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-colonião	as Panicum maximum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Spanish	mijo de Guinea	as Panicum maximum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Spanish	pasto Guinea	as Panicum maximum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Panicum maximum
Swedish	guineagräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 06 Oct 2011, from Panicum maximum Jacq. to Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs