Achnatherum

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: A. brandisii – A. bromoides – A. calamagrostis – A. confusum – A. haussknechtii – A. inebrians – A. jacquemontii – A. mandavillei – A. nakaii – A. paradoxum – A. parviflorum – A. pekinense – A. pelliotii – A. pilosum – A. pubicalyx – A. sibiricum – A. staintonii – A. turcomanicum – A. virescens

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Achnatherum 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.

Name

Achnatherum P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 19. 1812.

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lasiagrostis Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 99 (1827), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Aristella Bertol., Fl. Ital. 1: 690 (1834).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. : 19.

Additional references

• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Achnatherum 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. 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. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Achnatherum. Published online. Accessed: August 07 2022.

Vernacular names

suomi: Hopearöyhyt

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