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Details for: APG 55835, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Charters Towers Harvey Range junction


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Top Name:
Charters Towers Harvey Range junction
Origin:
Collected – Australia
Received by APG:
02 Mar 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Top Name:
Charters Towers Harvey Range junction
Origin:
Collected – Australia
Received by APG:
02 Mar 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
05 April 2005. 
Locality: 61km W along Herveys Range Development Road (from
Abundance: Common; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Pop Distribution: Patchy; Propagule: Vegetative Cuttings; Ph: 6; 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: -19.5333, 145.7500 (Map it)

Collector(s):
Donated
02 March 2005.  Australia

Donator(s):
08 September 2015.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Charters Towers Harvey Range junction
Type: Unverified name

ATCGRC collection 0169
Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 322460
Type: Donor identifier
Group: AusTRCF
Austraian Tropical Forage

ALP 1.4
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.
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FAO Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA).



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