Accession details
Passport data and everything else
12795
Accession number
12795
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
September 1, 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
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Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Cenchrus
Specific epithet
polystachios — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Crop
forages
Crop name
Forages
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Other identifier
CIAT 16600
Collecting number
K-088-A
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
August 31, 1984
Collecting mission identifier
IPGRI-259B
Collecting number
K-088-A
Location of collecting site
29.6 km from Malindi on Mombasa-Malindi high way
Latitude of collecting site
-3.3833
Longitude of collecting site
39.9333
Elevation of collecting site
40
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 22.4 | 23 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 22.2 | 22.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 26.7 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.7 | 25.6 | 26.4 | 26.8 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 31 | 31.4 | 32.2 | 31.4 | 29.3 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 28 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 31.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 18 | 12 | 38 | 153 | 259 | 124 | 88 | 66 | 62 | 75 | 85 | 53 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
8
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
12.1
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
32.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
20.5
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
11.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
27.1
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
27.4
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.3
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,033
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
259
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
12
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
75
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
536
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
68
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
203
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
216
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.85 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
35
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:2615867b-fa00-45bb-a132-e18860f44b70
Last updated
December 16, 2025
Created
Date not provided