Eustachys petraea

Eustachys petraea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Eustachys
Species: Eustachys petraea

Name

Eustachys petraea (Sw.) Desv., 1810

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chloris petraea Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 25 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Schultesia petraea (Sw.) Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 17 (1815).
  • Chloris swartzii Müll.Hal., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 341 (1861), nom. superfl.
  • Chloris swartziana Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 68 (1878), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Aira aegilopsoides Walter, Fl. Carol.: 78 (1788).
  • Agrostis complanata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 96 (1789).
  • Aira complanata Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 44 (1840), pro syn.
  • Chloris septentrionalis Müll.Hal., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 340 (1861).
  • Chloroides petraeum Fisch., Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1863: 28 (1863), pro syn.
  • Chloris dusenii Ekman, Ark. Bot. 10(17): 26 (1911).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Uruguay, Paraguay Regional: Northern South America Colombia Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil South Introduced into: Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Eritrea, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desvaux, N.A., 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, Publie par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2:189.

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. Eustachys petraea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eustachys petraea. 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 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eustachys petraea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eustachys petraea. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eustachys petraea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: pinewoods fingergrass

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