Accession details
Passport data and everything else
2140
Accession number
2140
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
August 13, 1987
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
2140_Plant with Flowers.jpg
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
JH-5-13
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
January 23, 1987
Collecting mission identifier
IPGRI-428
Collecting number
JH-5-13
Location of collecting site
11 km before Megado crater.
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
3.9667
Longitude of collecting site
38.3
Elevation of collecting site
1,500
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 12.2 | 10.9 | 12 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 20.2 | 19.4 | 20 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 19.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 28.2 | 28 | 28 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 27.3 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 29 | 31 | 62 | 174 | 89 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 100 | 72 | 20 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
18.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.9
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
14.3
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
28.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
9.9
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
18.3
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
18.8
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
16.1
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
19.8
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
16.1
Annual precipitation [mm]
621
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
174
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
7
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
93
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
325
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
30
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
122
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
30
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.2 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
0
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:e65d7ef0-82d2-41d3-a711-5eaa7bf8e946
Last updated
September 17, 2025
Created
Date not provided