Hypoxis hirsuta
Hypoxis hirsuta

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: Hypoxis hirsuta

Name edit

Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville, 1894

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Ornithogalum hirsutum L., Sp. Pl.: 306 (1753).
  • Homotypic
    • Hypoxis pallida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 248 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Hypoxis erecta L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 986 (1759).
    • Hypoxis carolinensis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 188 (1803).
    • Hypoxis graminea Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 224 (1813).
    • Hypoxis pilosa Raf., Autik. Bot.: 63 (1840).
    • Hypoxis grandis Pollard in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 287 (1903).
    • Hypoxis micrantha Pollard in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 287 (1903).
    • Hypoxis hirsuta f. villosissima Fernald, Rhodora 42: 445 (1940).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: common goldstar, common star-grass, eastern yellow stargrass, yellow star grass
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