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Details for: APG 55605, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, KP 174


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
KP 174
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countACTIVE 55605 1994___1_____ SD
Seed100 countBASE 55605 2022rwk2_____ SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
KP 174
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
14 March 1990. 
Locality: SATARA,3KM N MONZWENE - HLANGULENI
Aspect: South; Coll Source: Wild; Landscape: Hill (Slope); Propagule: Seed; Calcium: 373; Clay: 4.6; Lithology: 2430 Zbg: Med- To Coarse-Grained Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Gneiss; Magnesium: 126; Ph: 6.4; Phosphorus: 6; Potassium: 141; Sodium: 48; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Sand; Exposure: Partial Shade; Biome: Savanna; Foto_No: 2.19; Veld_Type: Arid Lowveld

14 March 1990.  South Africa
Coordinates: -24.5300, 31.6300 (Map it)
Elevation: 300m.

Collector(s):
Donated
  South Africa

Donator(s):
08 September 2015.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
KP 174
Type: Unverified name

SITE 5.32
Type: Site identifier

AusTRCF 319848
Type: Donor identifier
Group: AusTRCF
Austraian Tropical Forage

ATF 725
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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