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Details for: PI 147973,
Melinis minutiflora
P. Beauv.
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melinis minutiflora
P. Beauv.
Origin:
Donated – Venezuela
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 1944
PI Assigned:
1944
Inventory Volume:
152
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melinis minutiflora
P. Beauv.
Origin:
Donated – Venezuela
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 1944
PI Assigned:
1944
Source History
Donated
14 February 1944.
Venezuela
Comment:
Received through the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, USDA, Washington, District of Columbia.
Donor(s):
Office of Agricultural Attache
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Melinis minutiflora
P. Beauv.
Genus:
Melinis
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
24025
Place of publication:
Ess. Agrostogr. 54, t. 11, fig. 4. 1812
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394133
Verified:
05/11/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melinis tenuinervis
Stapf
Panicum melinis
Trin.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Brazilian stink grass
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
efwatakala grass
1
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English
molasses grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
stink grass
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
Wynne grass
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French
herbe à miel
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
melinide
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish
chopín
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
pasto de gordura
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese
tang mi cao
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
6
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
6
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
15
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
3 - Well distributed
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
20
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
13
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Size
Stem size by code
5 - Medium
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available
STRESS
Winter Survival
Resistance to winter damage
9 - Complete winter kill
S9.GRASSES
PI 147973 01 SD
Not Available