Accession details
Passport data and everything else
10619
Accession number
10619
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
June 7, 1984
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Wild
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Field collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor institute
Safety duplication institute
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Megathyrsus
Specific epithet
maximus — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs
Crop
forages
Crop name
Forages
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting number
SME-10-25A
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
May 6, 1984
Collecting number
SME-10-25A
Location of collecting site
35.5 km before Gambela just after passing the escarpment on a bottom land in a dense forest.
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
8.3
Longitude of collecting site
34.7833
Elevation of collecting site
750
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 16.7 | 18 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25.5 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 24 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 25.2 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 34.4 | 35.3 | 36.2 | 34.8 | 32.1 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 33.2 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 7 | 13 | 35 | 63 | 154 | 166 | 226 | 212 | 174 | 112 | 43 | 11 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
25.3
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.3
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
12.3
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
36.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
16.7
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
19.5
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.2
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.7
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
27.2
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,216
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
226
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
7
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
77
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
612
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
31
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
111
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
604
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.5 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
40
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
20
LATITUDE
60
LONGITUDE
60
ELEVATION
20
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
60
COLLCODE
40
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:913fe39d-6247-48d9-98c7-b1c84845826b
Last updated
October 16, 2025
Created
Date not provided