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Details for: W6 58660,
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash, MARSB-694
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Top Name:
MARSB-694
Origin:
Collected – Delaware, 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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Seed
100 count
W6 58660 2021o SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Top Name:
MARSB-694
Origin:
Collected – Delaware, 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-694
Type: Collector identifier
Group: BLM
source lot
, Greenbelt Native Plant Center
W6 58660
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
Narrative
Tall grass with bright yellow and orange flowers. It has a "rifle-sight" ligule where the leaf blade attaches to the leaf sheath. It grows pretty straight with branching panicles.
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Genus:
Sorghastrum
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Apludinae
Nomen number:
35084
Place of publication:
J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 66, 1326. 1903
Verified:
06/12/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon nutans
L.
Autonym(s)
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash subsp.
nutans
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nutans
L. var.
nutans
Sorghum nutans
(L.) A. Gray
Sorghum nutans
(L.) A. Gray subsp.
nutans
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon avenaceus
Michx.
Andropogon nutans
L. var.
avenaceus
(Michx.) Hack.
Chrysopogon avenaceus
(Michx.) Benth.
Sorghastrum avenaceum
(Michx.) Nash
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
Indian grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
wood grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
yellow Indian grass
1
1998.
Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
French
faux-sorgho penché
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Swedish
indiangräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Herbarium specimen
22 Oct 2016. Located at Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank. Inventory sample: W6 58660 2021o. Clara Holmes: MARSB:From pressed specimen on another date:15 NOV 2016.
22 Oct 2016. Located at Smithsonian (US). Inventory sample: W6 58660 2021o. Clara Holmes: MARSB:From pressed specimen on another date:15 NOV 2016.
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