Details for: PI 686877, Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) ined., Ghost Rider


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) ined.
Top Name:
Ghost Rider
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 2018
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) ined.
Top Name:
Ghost Rider
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 2018
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

Florida, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Ghost Rider
Type: Developer identifier

NRCS 9060461
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
The ten parent accessions were selected as superior types from an assembly of 91 purple bluestem seed sources collected throughout Florida. Evaluation factors used were survival, foliage height, canopy width, basal width, vigor, resistance to drought, diseases, and insects, culm height, seedhead number, seedhead uniformity, lodging; and seed maturity date.
Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) ined.
Genus:
Anatherum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:

512642
Comment:
combination not made as of Aug 2025
Verified:
Name not verified.
Other conspecific taxa
Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg (23 active accession[s])
Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glomeratum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton et al. var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) C. Mohr

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishchalky bluestem as Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis1Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. In: Ritchie, J. C. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland 2:129. Note: as Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis
Englishcoastal bluestem as Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis1Singhurst, J. R. et al. 2012. Andropogon glaucopsis (Poaceae) in Texas. Phytoneuron 2012-16:1-3. Note: = Andropogon glaucopsis Elliott
Englishpurple bluestem as Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis1Singhurst, J. R. et al. 2012. Andropogon glaucopsis (Poaceae) in Texas. Phytoneuron 2012-16:1-3. Note: = Andropogon glaucopsis Elliott
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 04 Aug 2025, from Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton et al. var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) C. Mohr to Anatherum glomeratum (Walter) Voronts. & E. A. Kellogg var. glaucopsis (Elliott ex Beal) ined.
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Description:
A polycross of NRCS accessions 9060226 (Orange County); 9060251 (Nassau County); 9060277 (Hardee County); 9060318 (Brevard County); 9060331 (Sarasota County); 9060340 (Bay County); 9060347 (Taylor County); 9060363 (Citrus County); 9060394 (Polk County); and 9060396 (Polk County).