Details for: W6 58656, Andropogon gerardi Vitman, MARSB-683


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
MARSB-683
Origin:
Collected – Delaware, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Top Name:
MARSB-683
Origin:
Collected – Delaware, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
25 March 2021.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
MARSB-683
Type: Collector identifier
Group: BLM
source lot
, Greenbelt Native Plant Center

W6 58656
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

Narrative
Grows 1-3 meters tall. bunchgrass with bluish/purple stems when mature. Terminal seed heads with three spike-like, turkey-foot-shaped projections.
Andropogon gerardi Vitman
Genus:
Andropogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:

3215
Place of publication:

Summa pl. 6:16. 1792
Comment:
the original spelling is permissible under Shenzhen ICN Rec. 60C.2, since the given name Gerard or Gérard, which dates at least to the Early Middle Ages when Latin was the international language of Europe, has a well-established latinized form and is not correctable under Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.8
Verified:
07/11/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Andropogon gerardi Vitman subsp. gerardi
Andropogon gerardi Vitman var. gerardi

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. ex Willd.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbig bluestem  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishturkeyfoot  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Frenchbarbon de Gerard  2Campbell, C. S. 1993-. In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 25:653. Note: as "Andropogon gerardii"
Spanishpopotillo gigante  2Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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Herbarium specimen
  • 16 Oct 2016. Located at Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank. Inventory sample: W6 58656 2021o.
  • 16 Oct 2016. Located at Smithsonian (US). Inventory sample: W6 58656 2021o.
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