Accession details
Passport data and everything else
855
Accession number
855
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
December 12, 1985
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 26484
Collecting number
SMT-095A
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
August 1, 1985
Collecting mission identifier
IPGRI-345
Collecting number
SMT-095A
Location of collecting site
12.6 km from Usale town towards Lake Nyasa 5.5 km before Kyela.
Collecting institute name
ILCA/CIAT/TALIRO
Latitude of collecting site
-9.57
Longitude of collecting site
33.83
Elevation of collecting site
570
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 21.2 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 21.6 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25 | 23.9 | 22.4 | 22 | 22.9 | 24.9 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 26.2 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 30 | 30.2 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 29 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 30.7 | 32.5 | 32.6 | 30.8 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 184 | 166 | 429 | 726 | 381 | 102 | 57 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 201 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
24.9
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
10.1
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
16.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
32.6
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
16.6
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
16
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.8
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
24.9
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
26.8
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
22.4
Annual precipitation [mm]
2,373
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
726
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
8
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
104
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
1,536
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
37
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
300
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
179
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.65 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
0
COLLNAME
20
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:7fcac4f7-4b54-45e9-8bb7-c169a74699cd
Last updated
December 16, 2025
Created
Date not provided