Details for: APG 54881, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, RWS 216

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

RWS 216

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		ACTIVE 54881 1974___1_____ SD
Seed	100 count		BASE 54881 2022rwk2_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

RWS 216

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

1972.
Locality: AINSWORTH HILL, NAIROBI
Aspect: East; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Roadside; Propagule: Seed; Slope: Undulating; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Loam; Rainfall: 850

1972. Kenya

Collector(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

Donated

01 October 1972. Kenya

Donator(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

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

RWS 216

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 59923

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 59923

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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