Aristida ternipes

Aristida ternipes

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 ternipes

Name

Aristida ternipes, Cav., Icon. 5: 46 (1799).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Streptachne scabra Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: t. 40 (1816).
  • Streptachne tenuis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: t. 40 (1816).
  • Aristida scabra (Kunth) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 62 (1829).
  • Aristida tenuis (Kunth) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 62 (1829).
  • Stipa tenuis Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 643 (1841), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia scabra (Kunth) Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 183 (1842).
  • Muhlenbergia tenuis (Kunth) Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 183 (1842).
  • Streptachne cubensis A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 311 (1850).
  • Ortachne scabra (Kunth) E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 295 (1880).
  • Ortachne tenuis (Kunth) E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 295 (1880).
  • Aristida schiedeana var. minor Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 28 (1886).
  • Aristida divergens Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 515 (1894).
  • Aristida ternipes var. divergens (Vasey) Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 525 (1924), nom. superfl.
  • Aristida ternipes var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 453 (1933).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona; New Mexico; Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas; Netherlands Antilles; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Turks-Caicos Is. Regional: Central America Nicaragua; Panam; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras Regional: Northern South America Venezuela; Belize; Colombia Regional: Western South America Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cavanilles, A.J. 1799. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. V, 82 pp. 401–500bis pl. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 5: 46.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida ternipes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aristida ternipes. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida ternipes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

English: spidergrass

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