Eriophorum virginicum

Eriophorum virginicum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Scirpeae
Genus: Eriophorum
Species: Eriophorum virginicum

Name

Eriophorum virginicum L., Sp. Pl.: 52 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Eriophoropsis virginica (L.) Palla, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 54: 151 (1896).
  • Scirpus virginicus (L.) T.Koyama, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 7: 294 (1958).
• Heterotypic
  • Eriophorum virginianum Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(13): 127 (1782).
  • Eriophorum virginicum var. gracile Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 66 (1824).
  • Eriophorum confertissimum Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 2: 572 (1847).
  • Eriophorum virginicum var. confertissimum (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 740 (1861).
  • Eriophorum virginicum var. album A.Gray, Man., ed. 5: 566 (1867).
  • Eriophorum virginicum f. album (A.Gray) Wiegand, Rhodora 26: 2 (1924).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Connecticut; District of Columbia; Illinois; Indiana; Labrador; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Newfoundland; North Carolina; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Ontario; Pennsylvania; Prince Edward I.; Qubec; Rhode I.; South Carolina; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 52.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eriophorum virginicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eriophorum virginicum. Published online. Accessed: Feb 25 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eriophorum virginicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Eriophorum virginicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Feb 2020.

Vernacular names

English: tawny cottongrass, Tawny cottongrass
français: Linaigrette de Virginie

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