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Details for: PI 469254,
Eragrostis superba
Peyr.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis superba
Peyr.
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1982
PI Assigned:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
190
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Seed
200 count
PI 469254 84i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis superba
Peyr.
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
Apr 1982
PI Assigned:
1982
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
South Africa
Donated
April 1982.
Texas, United States
Donor(s):
USDA, SCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Adapted to sandy and heavy, black soil. Limited to areas where minimum temperature is 10 deg. F. Used for forage, wildlife and erosion control on desert grassland. More palatable than weeping or Lehman lovegrass. Preferred to Rhodesgrass and blue panicum in irrigated pastures.
Eragrostis superba
Peyr.
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
15319
Place of publication:
H. Wawra & J. J. Peyritsch, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38:584. 1860
Comment:
Peyritsch authored all monocots in this treatment (see p. 582)
Verified:
03/16/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
heart-seed grass
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
sawtooth love grass
1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
English
Wilman love grass
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans
weeluiseragrostis
2
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
German
Herzstraubgras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-Massai
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
pasto avena
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.051
GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 469254 84i SD