Details for: APG 54826, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., RWS 063

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Top Name:

RWS 063

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Top Name:

RWS 063

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

21 September 1971.
Locality: 68km FROM MOMBASA ON NAIROBI RD.
Aspect: North; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Roadside; Propagule: Seed; Ph: 7.5; Slope: Undulating; Soil Drainage: Moist; Soil_Texture: Sandy Loam; Rainfall: 550

21 September 1971. Kenya

Collector(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

Donated

01 October 1972. Kenya

Donator(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

RWS 063

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 59657

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 59657

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

ALP 1.55

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Genus:

Cynodon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

12848

Place of publication:

Syn. pl. 1:85. 1805

Verified:

07/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
Bermuda grass –
common couch –
green couch –
Indian couch –
plain couch –
Afrikaans
gewonekweek –
Arabic
najeel –
theel –
French
chiendent pied-de-poule –
Italian
gramina –
Swedish
hundtandsgräs –
Transcribed Chinese
gou ya gen –

Other conspecific taxa

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. coursii (A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon (6 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. elegans Rendle (0 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. polevansii (Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. densus Hurcombe

Annotations