Details for: APG 55833, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., ATCGRC collection 0163

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Top Name:

ATCGRC collection 0163

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

02 Mar 2005

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 55833 2005___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Top Name:

ATCGRC collection 0163

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

02 Mar 2005

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

05 April 2005.
Locality: 70km S along road between Mt Garnett to the Bruce
Abundance: Heavy; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Pop Distribution: Patchy; Propagule: Seed; Ph: 5.5; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Sand; Assoc_Species: Overstorey: Open Eucalypt Woodland Understorey: T; Notes: Plants To 100Cm Tall, Erect, Determinate. Growing

05 April 2005. Australia
Coordinates: -18.1544, 145.3063 (Map it)

Collector(s):

Cox, Kendrick Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Donated

02 March 2005. Australia

Donator(s):

Dillon, Sally Queensland Department Primary Industries

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

ATCGRC collection 0163

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 322454

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ALP 1.2

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Genus:

Heteropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Anthristiriinae

Nomen number:

18953

Place of publication:

Syst. veg. 2:836. 1817

Verified:

05/20/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
black spear grass –
bunch spear grass –
bunched spear grass –
spear grass –
tangle grass –
tanglehead –
Afrikaans
assegaaigras –
steekgras –
French
herbe à moutons –
herbe barbue –
herbe polisson –
German
Speergras –
Portuguese
flechinha –
Spanish
hierba torcida –
Transcribed Chinese
huang mao –

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym

Andropogon contortus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Heteropogon hirtus Pers.

Annotations