Details for: APG 55905, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, Sigor guinea grass

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

Sigor guinea grass

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1963

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 55905 1981___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs

Top Name:

Sigor guinea grass

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1963

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Locality: LIKONI
Coll Source: Wild; Propagule: Seed

Kenya

Donated

01 August 1963. Kenya

Donator(s):

Jones, R J CSIRO TCP

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

Sigor guinea grass

Type: Local name

AusTRCF 33121

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 33121

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

ALP 1.55

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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