Hesperostipa spartea

Hesperostipa spartea

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: Hesperostipa
Species: Hesperostipa spartea

Name

Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth, Phytologia 74: 16 (1993)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Stipa spartea Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 82 (1830)
• Homotypic
  • Stipa robusta Nutt. ex Trin. & Rupr. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(1): 69 (1842), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan Regionalː Central USA Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regionalː Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Barkworth, M.E. 1993. North American Stipeae (Gramineae): Taxonomic changes and other comments. Phytologia 74: 1–25. BHL Reference page.  74:16.

Additional references

• (2019). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm126.2019.1379. epublication.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Hesperostipa spartea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Hesperostipa spartea. Published online. Accessed: January 23 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hesperostipa spartea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: porcupinegrass
• español: Ampelodesmos
• Nederlands: Ampelodesmos
• Tiếng Việt: Ampelodesmos

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