Details for: APG 54950, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs, RWS 461

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

RWS 461

Origin:

Collected – Malawi

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 54950 2016___2_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

RWS 461

Origin:

Collected – Malawi

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

08 February 1972.
Locality: 130km S. DEDZA ON ZOMBA RD.
Aspect: South; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Propagule: Seed; Slope: Undulating; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Loam; Rainfall: 800

08 February 1972. Malawi

Collector(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

Donated

01 October 1972. Malawi

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 461

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 60006

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 60006

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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