Andropogon gerardi

Andropogon gerardi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Andropogon
Species: Andropogon gerardi
Varietates: A. g. var. gerardi – A. g. var. hondurensis

Name

Andropogon gerardi Vitman, Summa Pl. 6: 16 (1792).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sorghum provinciale Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regional: Canada Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica Introduced into: France, Hawaii, Myanmar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vitman, F. 1792. Summa Plantarum: quae hactenus innotuerunt methodo Linnaeana per genera et species digesta, illustrata, descripta. Tomus VI. Mediolani: Typis Imper. Monast. s. Ambrosii majoris. 397 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Andropogon gerardi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Andropogon gerardi. 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 September 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Andropogon gerardi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Andropogon gerardi. Published online. Accessed: September 21 2022.

Vernacular names

مصرى: سفون جيرارد
العربية: سفون جيرارد
English: big bluestem
suomi: Isovarrasheinä
русский: Бородач Жерара
中文: 大须芒草

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