Details for: APG 55603, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, KP 152

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

KP 152

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 55603 2006___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

KP 152

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

13 March 1990.
Locality: NWANEDZI,1KM S PUMBE PAN ON EASTERN BORDER
Aspect: Flat; Coll Source: Wild; Landscape: Mountain (Summit); Propagule: Seed; Calcium: 434; Clay: 7.6; Lithology: 2430 Q: Surficial Deposit Including Alluvium And Scree; Magnesium: 102; Ph: 6.3; Phosphorus: 8.1; Potassium: 56; Sodium: 53; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Sand; Exposure: Fully Sunny; Notes: Vigorous Grower ; Biome: Savanna; Foto_No: 2.13; Veld_Type: Arid Lowveld

13 March 1990. South Africa
Coordinates: -31.9000, 24.1800 (Map it)
Elevation: 360m.

Collector(s):

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

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 152

Type: Unverified name

SITE 30.1

Type: Site identifier

AusTRCF 319846

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ATF 723

Type: Institute identifier

ALP 1.2

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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