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Details for: PI 304750,
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees) Morrone, DL/65/91
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees) Morrone
Top Name:
DL/65/91
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
16 Mar 1965
PI Assigned:
1965
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
173
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees) Morrone
Top Name:
DL/65/91
Origin:
Collected – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
16 Mar 1965
PI Assigned:
1965
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
04 March 1965.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Locality:
DeHoek Farm, Estcourt District
Elevation:
1250m.
Environment description:
Growing in red clay
Donated
16 March 1965.
Donor(s):
Plant Introduction Office
Accession Names and Identifiers
DL/65/91
Type: Donor identifier
AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees) Morrone
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
464287
Place of publication:
Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:130. 2010
Verified:
01/17/2012
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gymnotrix uniseta
Nees
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Beckeropsis uniseta
(Nees) K. Schum.
Pennisetum unisetum
(Nees) Benth.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Natal grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English
silky grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
20 Feb 2016, from
Pennisetum unisetum
(Nees) Benth. to
Cenchrus unisetus
(Nees) Morrone
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Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
5.2
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
GROWTH
Foliage Height
Foliage height in decimeters
5.6
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
5.6
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Height
Total plant height in decimeters
7.5
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
11
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
Plant Width
Plant spread in decimeters
17
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
1 - Basal
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Foliage Distribution
Distribution of leaves on plant
1 - Basal
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
22
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Length
Leaf length measured in centimeters
24
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
4.4
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Leaf Width
Leaf width measured in millimeters
5.3
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
9 - Sparse
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Tillers
Abundance of tillers produced
9 - Sparse
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Length
Length of flower in centimeters
12
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Length
Length of flower in centimeters
13
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Width
Width of flower in centimeters
11
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Flower Width
Width of flower in centimeters
13
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in millimeters
3
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Stem Diameter
Stem diameter in millimeters
3
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Maturity
Days from March 15 planting to first flower
179
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES.GRIFFIN.2009
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Foliage Amount
Abundance of foliage produced
1 - Abundant
S9.GRASSES.VARIOUS.LOCATIONS.2010
PI 304750 03 SD
Not Available
SUBSET
Image
Image present in GRIN database
Flower - Image of flower
S9.GRASS.IMAGE.2010
Not Available