Amelichloa ambigua

Amelichloa ambigua

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: Amelichloa
Species: Amelichloa ambigua

Name

• Amelichloa ambigua (Speg.) Arriaga & Barkworth, Sida 22: 147 (2006)
• Type species:

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Stipa ambigua Speg., Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 27 (1925)
• Homotypic
  • Jarava ambigua (Speg.) Peñail., Gayana, Bot. 59: 30 (2002)
• Heterotypic
  • Stipa dusenii Hitchc., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: 271 (1925)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Arriaga, M.O. & Barkworth, M.E. 2006. Amelichloa: a new genus in the Stipeae (Poaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany 22(1): 145-149. JSTOR Reference page.  p. 147.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page.  [Cited as Stipa ambigua.]
• Cialdella, A. M., Salariato, D. L., Aagesen, L., Giussani, L. M., Zuloaga, F. O. & Morrone, O. (2010) Phylogeny of New World Stipeae (Poaceae): an evaluation of the monophyly of Aciachne and Amelichloa, Cladistics, 26: 563–578. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00310.x
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Amelichloa ambigua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Amelichloa ambigua. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Amelichloa ambigua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Amelichloa ambigua. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• español: paja vizcachera

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