Aristida oligantha

Aristida oligantha

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Aristidoideae
Tribus: Aristideae
Genus: Aristida
Species: Aristida oligantha

Name

Aristida oligantha Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 41 (1803).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chaetaria oligantha (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 30, 158 (1812).
  • Chaetaria olygantha (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 30 (1812).
• Heterotypic
  • Aristida pallens Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 57 (1818), nom. nud.
  • Aristida micropoda Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 107 (1842).
  • Aristida macrochaeta Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 134 (1854).
  • Aristida pauciflora Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 92 (1862 publ. 1863).
  • Aristida oligantha var. nervata Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 202 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; British Columbia; California; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode I.; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1. 41.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida oligantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aristida oligantha. Published online. Accessed: Dec 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida oligantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aristida oligantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: prairie threeawn

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