Achnatherum calamagrostis

Achnatherum calamagrostis

Achnatherum calamagrostis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Achnatherum
Species: Achnatherum calamagrostis

Name

Achnatherum calamagrostis (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agrostis calamagrostis L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 872 (1759).
• Homotypic
  • Agrostis argentea Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 570 (1779), nom. superfl.
  • Arundo calamagrostis (L.) Vest, Man. Bot.: 321 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Calamagrostis argentea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 25 (1805).
  • Arundo argentea (DC.) Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 16 (1811), nom. superfl.
  • Achnatherum argenteum (DC.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812), nom. superfl.
  • Stipa calamagrostis (L.) Wahlenb., Veg. Clim. Helv. Sept.: 23 (1813).
  • Streptachne calamagrostis (L.) Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 135 (1824).
  • Lasiagrostis calamagrostis (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 99 (1827).
  • Stipa lasiagrostis G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 504 (1887), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Arundo halleri Willd., Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 60 (1787).
  • Arundo neglecta Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 84 (1791), nom. superfl.
  • Calamagrostis arundo J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 171 (1791), pro syn.
  • Calamagrostis neglecta G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 94 (1799), nom. superfl.
  • Calamagrostis conspicua Bergeret, Fl. Basses-Pyrénées 1: 60 (1803), nom. illeg.
  • Arundo speciosa Schrad., Fl. Germ.: 219 (1806).
  • Calamagrostis speciosa (Schrad.) Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: t. 45 (1809).
  • Achnatherum halleri (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812).
  • Deyeuxia neglecta Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 76 (1829), nom. superfl.
  • Calamagrostis leucantha Delile ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 250 (1840), pro syn.
  • Calamagrostis leersii Trin. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 850 (1841), pro syn.
  • Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. major Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 162 (1850).
  • Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. colorata Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Vereins Wien 6: 597 (1856).
  • Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. transsilvanica Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 742 (1866).
  • Stipa longifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 93: 725 (1896), nom. illeg.
  • Stipa calamagrostis subsp. glabra Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 115 (1899).
  • Stipa calamagrostis subsp. hirsuta Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 115 (1899).
  • Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. pancicii Adamovic, Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 137 (1903), nom. superfl.
  • Calamagrostis halleri (Willd.) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3, 3: 2711 (1907).
  • Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. euneglecta Matuszk., Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Sect. C, Biol. 3: 241 (1948), not validly publ.
  • Calamagrostis argentea subsp. mesatlasica Quézel, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 34: 299 (1954).
  • Achnatherum mesatlasicum (Quézel) Ibn Tattou, Bocconea 8: 212 (1998).
  • Achnatherum calamagrostis subsp. mesatlasicum (Quézel) Dobignard, Index Syn. Fl. Afrique N. 1: 440 (2010).
  • Achnatherum calamagrostis var. colorata (Pancic) Niketic, Bot. Serbica 38: 220 (2014).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia Regional: Central Europe Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain Regional: Northeastern Europe Northwest European R Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Xinjiang Regional: Siberia Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central Regional: Eastern Asia Manchuria Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco Introduced into: Czechoslovakia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. :

Additional references

• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. Published online. Accessed: August 07 2022.

Vernacular names

English: spear grass, needle grass, silver spike grass

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