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Details for: APG 54947, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, RWS 444


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
RWS 444
Origin:
Collected – Malawi
Received by APG:
01 Oct 1972
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Seed100 countBASE 54947 1974___1_____ SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Top Name:
RWS 444
Origin:
Collected – Malawi
Received by APG:
01 Oct 1972
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
05 February 1972. 
Locality: 126km S OF CHISENGA ON RUMPHI RD.
Aspect: North; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Roadside; Propagule: Seed; Slope: Gently Rolling; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Sandy Loam; Rainfall: 900

05 February 1972.  Malawi

Collector(s):
Donated
01 October 1972.  Malawi

Donator(s):
01 July 2014.  Australia

Donator(s):
08 September 2015.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RWS 444
Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 60002
Type: Donor identifier
Group: AusTRCF
Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 60002
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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