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Details for: W6 58614,
Cenchrus tribuloides
L., MARSB-506
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus tribuloides
L.
Top Name:
MARSB-506
Origin:
Collected – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus tribuloides
L.
Top Name:
MARSB-506
Origin:
Collected – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
25 March 2021.
Idaho, United States
Donor(s):
Greenbelt Native Plant Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
MARSB-506
Type: Collector identifier
Group: BLM
source lot
, Greenbelt Native Plant Center
W6 58614
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
Narrative
prawling perennial or annual rooting at the nodes; culm branches 1-7 dm long. Blades to 20 cm long, 3-10 cm broad. Scaberulous above, glabrous beneath; ligules 1 mm long. Raceme 2.5-9 cm long, 2 cm broad. Involucre ovoid to subglobose densely vill ous, body 5-8 mm broad, deeply cleft on one side; spines densely villous basally, 5-9 mm long. Spikelets 6-8 mm long, one per involucral bur. First glume 3-4 mm long, 2nd glume and sterile lemma 6-8 mm long; fertile lemma and palea occasionally scaberulo us, 6-8 mm long. Grain 3.5-4 mm long. (n=17). August-October. Dunes, sandy fields and woods; outer coastal plain. [Va., Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss.]
Cenchrus tribuloides
L.
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
9810
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1050. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/06/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Cenchrus tribuloides
L. var.
tribuloides
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cenchrus macrocephalus
(Döll) Scribn.
Cenchrus tribuloides
L. var.
macrocephalus
Döll
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
dune sandbur
1
Beetle, A. A.
1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
English
long-spine sandbur
1
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English
sand-dune sandbur
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Portuguese (Brazil)
carrapicho-das-dunas
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
carrapicho-das-roças
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
guizazo de playa
2
Catasús Guerra, L. J.
2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
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Herbarium specimen
05 Oct 2016. Located at Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank. Inventory sample: W6 58614 2021o. Clara Holmes:From pressed specimen on another date:16 NOV 2016.
05 Oct 2016. Located at Smithsonian (US). Inventory sample: W6 58614 2021o. Clara Holmes:From pressed specimen on another date:16 NOV 2016.
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