Diarrhena americana

Diarrhena americana

Diarrhena americana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Diarrheneae
Genus: Diarrhena
Species: D. americana

Name

• Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. , Ess. Agrostogr.: 142 (1812)
• Type species:

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Festuca diandra Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 67 (1803), nom. illeg.
• Homotypic
  • Diarina festucoides Raf., Med. Repos. 5: 352 (1808), nom. superfl.
  • Diarina sylvatica Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104 (1819), nom. superfl.
  • Diarrhena diandra Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 2a: 612 (1847), nom. superfl.
  • Korycarpus diandrus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 772 (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Diarrhena festucoides (Raf.) Fernald, Rhodora 34: 204 (1932), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Festuca americana Michx. ex P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 162 (1812), nom. inval.
  • Korycarpus arundinaceus Zea ex Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 4 (1816).
  • Roemeria Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 61 (1817), nom. illeg.
  • Roemeria zeae Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 287 (1817).
  • Neomolinia Honda & Sakisaka, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 110 (1930).
  • Diarrhena arundinacea (Zea ex Lag.) Rydb., Fl. Plains N. Amer.: 114 (1932).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Ontario Alberta, British Columbia Regional: Eastern & Central USA Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin 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. : 142, t. 25.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007) Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1–908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Lea, C. (2012) Diarrhena obovata in the Potomac River Watershed: A new invader?. Castanea 77: 172–178.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Diarrhena americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Diarrhena americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Diarrhena americana. 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 December 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Diarrhena americana. Published online. Accessed: December 19 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Diarrhena americana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English:  American beakgrain
svenska:  amerikanskt näbbgräs  

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