Details for: PI 228887, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv., G-1219

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Top Name:

G-1219

Origin:

Collected – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1955

PI Assigned:

1955

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

163
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 228887 02 SD

Restrictions
Interstate Shipment Restricted by Federal Seed Act
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/StateNoxiousWeedsSeedList.pdf

USA – California

CCR 4500 Noxious Weed
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/docs/2024/4500_Final_Approval_202402.pdf

USA – California

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Top Name:

G-1219

Origin:

Collected – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1955

PI Assigned:

1955

Source History

Collected

1955.
Arizona, United States
Locality: Eleven miles northeast of Tucson
Elevation: 945m.
Comment: Grass and legume species collected between the summer of 1953 and the spring of 1955 by the staff members and associates of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas. Collected in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and adjoinin
Collector(s):

Texas A&M University

Accession Names and Identifiers

G-1219

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Genus:

Heteropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Anthristiriinae

Nomen number:

18953

Place of publication:

J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes, Syst. veg. 2:836. 1817

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/720525

Comment:

the combination was ascribed to Palisot de Beauvois, who was thanked for his contributions in vol. 1, p. xviii

Verified:

02/21/2022 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Andropogon contortus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	black spear grass	1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	bunch spear grass	1	Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
English	bunched spear grass	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	spear grass	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) 4:137.
English	tangle grass	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	tanglehead	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	assegaaigras	2	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Afrikaans	steekgras	2	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
French	herbe à moutons	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	herbe barbue	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	herbe polisson	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
German	Speergras	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	flechinha	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish	hierba torcida	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	huang mao	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	5	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Foliage Height	Foliage height in decimeters	9	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	9	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant Height	Total plant height in decimeters	9.5	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	25	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
GROWTH	Plant Width	Plant spread in decimeters	7	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	2 - Cauline	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Foliage Distribution	Distribution of leaves on plant	3 - Well distributed	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	24	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Leaf length measured in centimeters	28	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	6	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Width	Leaf width measured in millimeters	7.4	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Size	Stem size by code	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tillers	Abundance of tillers produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Length	Length of flower in centimeters	70	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Width	Width of flower in centimeters	1	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem Diameter	Stem diameter in millimeters	3	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	138	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Days from March 15 planting to first flower	84	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Foliage Amount	Abundance of foliage produced	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES.2011	PI 228887 02 SD
PRODUCTION	Seed Production	Relative seed production	5 - Medium	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
STRESS	Winter Survival	Resistance to winter damage	9 - Complete winter kill	S9.GRASSES	PI 228887 01 SD	Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Flower - Image of flower	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.2011		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Herbarium - Image of herbarium sample	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.HERBARIUM.2006		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Plant - Image of plant	S9.GRASS.IMAGE.LOVELL.1983-1989		Not Available