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Details for: APG 1359, Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, 'MELROSE, ROBUSTA BLUE'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Cultivar:
'MELROSE, ROBUSTA BLUE'
Origin:
Donated – South Africa
Received by APG:
01 Dec 1965
Improvement Status:
Uncertain
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Cultivar:
'MELROSE, ROBUSTA BLUE'
Origin:
Donated – South Africa
Received by APG:
01 Dec 1965
Improvement Status:
Uncertain
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
01 December 1965.  South Africa

01 July 2014.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'MELROSE, ROBUSTA BLUE'
Type: Cultivar name

SA 1359
Type: Donor identifier
Group: SA
South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

CPI 30380
Type: Institute identifier
Group: CPI
Commonwealth Plant Introduction

DL/61/947 NO 137
Type: Collector identifier

ALP 2.5
Type: Priority Score

Narrative
Drought resistant, palatable to stock, vigorous deep-rooted perennial bunchgrass with abundant slender drooping leaves
Group Note
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:

27889
Place of publication:

Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Common names
English
African love grass –
Boer love grass –
weeping love grass –
Afrikaans
oulandsgras –
Italian
eragrostide curvula –
Spanish
pasto llorón –
Swedish
afrikanskt kärleksgräs –
Transcribed Chinese
wan ye hua mei cao –
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa curvula Schrad.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. ampla ined.
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. conferta Nees
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees var. valida Stapf
Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
Eragrostis robusta Stent
Eragrostis subulata Nees
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Herbarium specimen
  • Located at APG Equipment room, Herbarium Cabinet. Identifier: HERBARIUM 1359 _____________ PL. Inventory sample: APG 1359. Herbarium type.
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