Aristida congesta

Aristida congesta

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 congesta

Name

Aristida congesta Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 401 (1817).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chaetaria congesta (Roem. & Schult.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 189 (1841).
• Heterotypic
  • Aristida alopecuroides Hack., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 144 (1888).
  • Aristida longicauda Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 7: 143 (1888).
  • Aristida tunetana Coss. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 157 (1895).
  • Aristida congesta var. pilifera Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 333 (1908 publ. 1907).
  • Aristida rangei Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 344 (1912).
  • Aristida elytrophoroides Chiov., Agric. Colon. 18: 351 (1924).
  • Aristida congesta var. megalostachya Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 58A: 126 (1929).
  • Aristida tunetana var. intermedia Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 206 (1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Algeria; Angola; Ascension; Botswana; Cape Provinces; Caprivi Strip; Chad; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Free State; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Madagascar; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Northern Provinces; Saudi Arabia; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Tunisia; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1817. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 1. XXVIII+642 pp. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 2:401.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida congesta 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 congesta. Published online. Accessed: Dec 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida congesta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Aapstertsteekgras

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