Details for: PI 15357, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Aug 1905

PI Assigned:

1903

Inventory Volume:

11
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv.

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

14 Aug 1905

PI Assigned:

1903

Source History

Collected

Transvaal, South Africa

Collector(s):

Davy, J.B., Department of Agriculture - Transvaal

Accession Names and Identifiers

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).

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