Eriocoma

Eriocoma lemmonii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Eriocoma
Species: E. alta – E. arida – E. arnowiae – E. bracteata – E. contracta – E. coronata – E. curvifolia – E. hendersonii – E. hymenoides – E. latiglumis – E. lemmonii – E. lettermanii – E. lobata – E. nelsonii – E. nevadensis – E. occidentalis – E. parishii – E. perplexa – E. pinetorum – E. richardsonii – E. robusta – E. scribneri – E. swallenii – E. thurberiana – E. valdesii – E. wallowaensis – E. webberi
Nothospecies: E. × bloomeri

Name

Eriocoma Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 40. (1818) emend. Peterson et al. (2019)

• Type species: Eriocoma hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 102 (1912)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Oryzopsis sect. Eriocoma (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook. f.
  • Stipa subg. Eriocoma (Nutt.) Rchb.
  • Urachne subg. Eriocoma (Nutt.) Trin. & Rupr.
• Heterotypic
  • Fendleria Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 419 (1854)

Homonyms

• • Eriocoma Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 210 (1818), nom. illeg. vide Montanoa Cerv. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 2: 11 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Northwestern USA Alaska Regionalː Western Central USA Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming Regionalː Western USA California, Oregon, Washington Regionalː Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon Introduced into: Germany, Türkiye References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 1. viii + 312 pp, D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. ː 1: 40.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Soreng, R.J. & Reyna, J.V. 2019. A key to the North American genera of Stipeae (Poaceae, Pooideae) with descriptions and taxonomic names for species of Eriocoma, Neotrinia, Oloptum, and five new genera: Barkworthia, × Eriosella, Pseudoeriocoma, Ptilagrostiella, and Thorneochloa. PhytoKeys 126: 89–125. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.126.34096 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eriocoma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Eriocoma. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Eriocoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: needlegrass

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