Achnatherum calamagrostis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Achnatherum
Species: Achnatherum calamagrostis

Name

Achnatherum calamagrostis (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Agrostis calamagrostis L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 872 (1759).
Homotypic
- Agrostis argentea Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 570 (1779), nom. superfl.
- Arundo calamagrostis (L.) Vest, Man. Bot.: 321 (1805), nom. illeg.
- Calamagrostis argentea DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 25 (1805).
- Arundo argentea (DC.) Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 16 (1811), nom. superfl.
- Achnatherum argenteum (DC.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812), nom. superfl.
- Stipa calamagrostis (L.) Wahlenb., Veg. Clim. Helv. Sept.: 23 (1813).
- Streptachne calamagrostis (L.) Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 135 (1824).
- Lasiagrostis calamagrostis (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 99 (1827).
- Stipa lasiagrostis G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 504 (1887), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Arundo halleri Willd., Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 60 (1787).
- Arundo neglecta Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 84 (1791), nom. superfl.
- Calamagrostis arundo J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 171 (1791), pro syn.
- Calamagrostis neglecta G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 94 (1799), nom. superfl.
- Calamagrostis conspicua Bergeret, Fl. Basses-Pyrénées 1: 60 (1803), nom. illeg.
- Arundo speciosa Schrad., Fl. Germ.: 219 (1806).
- Calamagrostis speciosa (Schrad.) Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: t. 45 (1809).
- Achnatherum halleri (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812).
- Deyeuxia neglecta Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 76 (1829), nom. superfl.
- Calamagrostis leucantha Delile ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 250 (1840), pro syn.
- Calamagrostis leersii Trin. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 850 (1841), pro syn.
- Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. major Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 162 (1850).
- Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. colorata Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Vereins Wien 6: 597 (1856).
- Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. transsilvanica Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 742 (1866).
- Stipa longifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 93: 725 (1896), nom. illeg.
- Stipa calamagrostis subsp. glabra Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 115 (1899).
- Stipa calamagrostis subsp. hirsuta Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 115 (1899).
- Lasiagrostis calamagrostis var. pancicii Adamovic, Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 137 (1903), nom. superfl.
- Calamagrostis halleri (Willd.) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3, 3: 2711 (1907).
- Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. euneglecta Matuszk., Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Sect. C, Biol. 3: 241 (1948), not validly publ.
- Calamagrostis argentea subsp. mesatlasica Quézel, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 34: 299 (1954).
- Achnatherum mesatlasicum (Quézel) Ibn Tattou, Bocconea 8: 212 (1998).
- Achnatherum calamagrostis subsp. mesatlasicum (Quézel) Dobignard, Index Syn. Fl. Afrique N. 1: 440 (2010).
- Achnatherum calamagrostis var. colorata (Pancic) Niketic, Bot. Serbica 38: 220 (2014).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia
- Regional: Central Europe
  - Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain
- Regional: Northeastern Europe
  - Northwest European R
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Xinjiang
- Regional: Siberia
  - Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Manchuria
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Morocco
- Introduced into:
  - Czechoslovakia

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

References

Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. :

Additional references

Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. 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 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 August 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Achnatherum calamagrostis. Published online. Accessed: August 07 2022.

Vernacular names

English: spear grass, needle grass, silver spike grass