Details for: APG 55195, Fingerhuthia africana Lehm., CPI 98990

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Fingerhuthia africana Lehm.

Top Name:

CPI 98990

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Nov 1982

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 55195 1985___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Fingerhuthia africana Lehm.

Top Name:

CPI 98990

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Nov 1982

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

25 October 1982.
Locality: PLATHIUS-BARRYDALE-LADISMITH RDS., 40 KM N.E. MONT
Coll Source: Wild; Propagule: Seed; Parentrock: Shales, Mudstones; Slope: Sloping; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Stones; Assoc_Species: Karoo; Rainfall: 200

25 October 1982. South Africa

Collector(s):

Mulham, W. CSIRO Rangelands Research Centre

Donated

01 November 1982. South Africa

Donator(s):

Mulham, W. CSIRO Rangelands Research Centre

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

CPI 98990

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

AusTRCF 98990

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ALP 5.55

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Fingerhuthia africana Lehm.

Genus:

Fingerhuthia

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Unioliinae

Nomen number:

17106

Place of publication:

Sem. hort. bot. hamburg. 1834:7. 1834 (Linnaea 10, litt.:112. 1836)

Verified:

10/05/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
thimble grass –
Zulu-fescue –
Afrikaans
vingerhoedgras –

Other conspecific taxa

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

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
COMMENT	Notes	notes on diseases, pests, asset or weaknesses of accession	dark green leaves	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Perenniality	plant perenniality	STRONGLY PERENNIAL - Strongly Perennial	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Plant Dimensions	height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant	60:15:00	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Flowering	earliness to flowering	EARLY - Early Flowering	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Spread Method	method by which accession spreads	SEED - Seed	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Grazed Habit	growth habit of plants under moderate to heavy grazing	ERECT - Erect	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Establishment	establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	6	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Establishment Variation	variation in establishment ratings at different locations from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	4-Aug	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Persistence	persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	7	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Seed Production	rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	4	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Rate Of Spread	assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Leafiness	rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Competitiveness	rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 8 (highly competitive)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Toxicity	rating of toxicity to animals from 1 (no problems) to 8 (highly toxic at all times to mammals)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Grazing Tolerance	rating on tolerance to grazing from 1 (low tolerance) to 8 (high tolerance to severe & repeated grazing)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Palatability Green	rating on palatability of plants when green and actively growing from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Palatability Dry	rating of palatability of plants when hayed off or dormant from 1 (very low) to 8 (very palatable)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Adaptation To Loam	rating for adaptation to loamy soil soil from 1 (very poor) to 8 (well adapted)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Pasture Potential	rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
STRESS	Drought Tolerance	rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	3	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED