Details for: APG 55580, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, KP 5229

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

KP 5229

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 55580 1994___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

KP 5229

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

19 March 1990.
Locality: LETABA,BLOCK 157,3KM JNCTN E SIDE BLOCK 156/TAR RD
Coll Source: Wild; Propagule: Seed; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry

19 March 1990. South Africa

Collector(s):

Ellis, R Roodeplaat Grassland Institute

Donated

South Africa

Donator(s):

Kruger, A.J. Dept of Agriculture, Grassland Research Centre

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

KP 5229

Type: Unverified name

AusTRCF 319823

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ATF 697

Type: Institute identifier

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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