Details for: PI 578744, Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann., 'CHECKER'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.

Cultivar:

'CHECKER'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1981

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 578744 96i 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:

Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.

Cultivar:

'CHECKER'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1981

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1981.
Oregon, United States

Developer(s):

Frakes, R.V., Oregon Agr. Exp. Sta.

Donated

1981.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

Frakes, R.V., Oregon Agr. Exp. Sta.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'CHECKER'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Mild-spreading turf-type with acceptable dark green color and fine leaf texture. Exhibits less seedling vigor than certain chewings and red fescue cultivars, but maintains good ground cover when established.

Festuca rubra L. subspp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

103637

Place of publication:

Kart. der Schweiz 81. 1968

Verified:

01/07/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca rubra L. (432 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. (22 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. densiuscula Hack. ex Piper (2 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman (6 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. litoralis (G. Mey.) Auquier (3 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick (1 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper (0 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra (44 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Festuca rubra L. unranked commutata Gaudin, nom. inval.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca nigrescens Lam.
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chewings fescue			1	Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 01 Nov 1996, from Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct.
Nomenclature Name Change: 07 Jan 2008, from Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax auct. to Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome number	Somatic chromosome number	42	2	For a htm file on the technique used. For a Excel file of Jaussi's data.">GRASS.CHROMNUM.2008.JAUSSI	PI 578744 96i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.142		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 578744 96i SD