Details for: 14GA300009, Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev, 'Hercules'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev

Cultivar:

'Hercules'

Origin:

Origin – unknown

Maintained:

OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute

Received by CRI:

1995

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Perennial

Growth class:

flowers: perennial vegetatively propagated

Is Core:

Form Received:

Field collection

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev

Cultivar:

'Hercules'

Origin:

Origin – unknown

Maintained:

OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute

Received by CRI:

1995

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Perennial

Growth class:

flowers: perennial vegetatively propagated

Is Core:

Form Received:

Field collection

Source History

Donated

Donator(s):

CZE079, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Trávy
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Accession Names and Identifiers

'Hercules'

Type: Cultivar name

Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens MATSUN

Type: Site identifier

Miscanthus purpurascens

Type: Full taxon

Narrative

Curator: Simona Raab, OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Institute (CZE082) raab@oseva.cz

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subspp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev

Genus:

Miscanthus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Saccharinae

Nomen number:

314426

Place of publication:

Zlaki SSSR (Grasses of the Soviet Union) 693. 1976

Verified:

January 23, 1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson (27 active accession[s])
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. condensatus (Hack.) T. Koyama (1 active accession[s])
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson subsp. sinensis (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsum.

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	ALTERNATE NAME	NOTE	SEQ	CITATION
English	purple silver grass		as Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson	1	Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
BIOLOGY	038 Winter hardiness	Field resistance.	9 - very high > 90 (%)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	002 Plant - reproductive growth habit	At heading in the 1st year after sowing. fig.1	3 - semi-erect 25 - 40 (°)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	007 Stem - length	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.Length including inflorescence.	9 - very long > 1375 (mm)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	010 Leaf - width of non reproductive leaves	In th autumn of the sowing year.	9 - very wide > 11 (mm)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	015 Leaf - primary colour	Genetic colour, when grass is not under stress. At beginning of flowering at forage and ornamental grasses. At turf grasses spring - summer - autumn.	1 - green	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	016 Leaf - tone of other colour	See descriptor no. 16.	5 - violet	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	017 Leaf - colour intensity	See descriptor no. 16.	5 - medium	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	018 Leaf - pattern	At beginning of flowering at ornamental grasses.	0 - none	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	019 Leaf - change in colour in the autumn	At ornamental grasses.	1 - distinct	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	020 Inflorescence - length	At beginning of flowering in the 1st year after sowing.	5 - medium 181 - 220 (mm)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	023 Inflorescence - colour	At beginning of flowering.	1 - cream - coloured	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	024 Inflorescence - colour intensity		5 - medium	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
OTHER	096 Plant - aesthetic value		5 - medium	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
OTHER	097 Plant - ornamental effect		2 - foliage colour	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
OTHER	098 Plant - season of main interest		5 - autumn	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
OTHER	099 Inflorescence - applicability for drying		5 - medium	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	029 Time of inflorescence emergence	Number of days from the 1st April. When beginning has been reached at 10% stems in the plot. At single plants - when the tip of 3 inflorescences is just visible. fig.3	9 - very late > 74 (days)	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	031 Abundance of inflorescence emergence	Estimate of number of flowering stems.m-2 at heading.	5 - medium 1001 - 1500	2002 OSEVA PRO Ltd. Grassland Research Station (16)	Out of Season