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Details for: APG 55844, Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., ATCGRC collection 0186


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Top Name:
ATCGRC collection 0186
Origin:
Collected – Australia
Received by APG:
02 Mar 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Top Name:
ATCGRC collection 0186
Origin:
Collected – Australia
Received by APG:
02 Mar 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
28 February 2005. 
Locality: 178.6km S along old Marlborough Rd (from junction
Abundance: Scarce; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Pop Distribution: Uniform; Propagule: Seed; Ph: 5.5; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Sandy Loam; Assoc_Species: Overstorey: Open Eucalypt Trees Understorey: Thic; Notes: Plants To 110Cm Tall, Erect, Determinate. Growing

28 February 2005.  Australia
Coordinates: -22.8777, 149.7922 (Map it)

Collector(s):
Donated
02 March 2005.  Australia

Donator(s):
08 September 2015.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
ATCGRC collection 0186
Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 322477
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.
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FAO Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA).



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