Stipagrostis obtusa

Stipagrostis obtusa

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: Stipagrostis
Species: Stipagrostis obtusa

Name

Stipagrostis obtusa (Delile) Nees, Linnaea 7: 293 (1832).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aristida obtusa Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.: 175 (1813).
• Homotypic
  • Arthratherum obtusum (Delile) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 179 (1841).
• Heterotypic
  • Avena capensis (Thunb.) L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 112 (1782), nom. illeg.
  • Aristida capensis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 19 (1794).
  • Chaetaria capensis (Thunb.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 30 (1812).
  • Trisetum muricatum Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 333 (1824), pro syn.
  • Stipagrostis capensis Nees, Linnaea 7: 291 (1832).
  • Arthratherum capense (Thunb.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 177 (1841).
  • Stipa plumosa Sieber ex Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 180 (1841), pro syn.
  • Aristida bifida Karl, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 86 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Algeria; Botswana; Cape Provinces; Chad; Egypt; Ethiopia; Free State; Libya; Mauritania; Morocco; Namibia; Tunisia; Western Sahara Continental: Asie Gulf States; Iraq; Kuwait; Lebanon-Syria; Pakistan; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Sinai; Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D., 1832. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 7:293.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stipagrostis obtusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Stipagrostis obtusa. Published online. Accessed: Feb 20 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stipagrostis obtusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Stipagrostis obtusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stipagrostis obtusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Fyntwa

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