Details for: APG 55160, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, IBS 606

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

IBS 606

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1978

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		ACTIVE 55160 1980___1_____ SD
Seed	100 count		BASE 55160 2022rwk2_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

IBS 606

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1978

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

17 May 1977.
Locality: ON H'WAY 83, 2.4 KM W OF TEXAS 100 EXIT (NEAR HARL
Coll Source: Wild; Propagule: Seed; Assoc_Species: Parkinsonia; Rainfall: 650; Notes: Shrubs 3-4M,Sandy Clay Alluv.

17 May 1977. United States

Collector(s):

Staples, Ian Department of Primary Industries

Donated

01 August 1978. United States

Donator(s):

Staples, Ian Department of Primary Industries

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

IBS 606

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 81316

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 81316

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

ALP 1.55

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Genus:

Megathyrsus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Paniceae

Subtribe:

Melinidinae

Nomen number:

447623

Place of publication:

Austrobaileya 6:572. 2003

Verified:

01/05/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
green panic grass –
Guinea grass –
French
herbe de Guinée –
German
Guineagras –
Italian
erba della Guinea –
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-colonião –
Spanish
mijo de Guinea –
pasto Guinea –
Swedish
guineagräs –

Other conspecific taxa

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. coloratus (C. T. White) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (0 active accession[s])
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs var. pubiglumis (K. Schum.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs (1 active accession[s])

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

Basionym

Panicum maximum Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. D. Webster

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. hirsutissimum (Steud.) Oliv.
Panicum maximum Jacq. var. trichoglume Robyns

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