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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Achnatherum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Achnatherum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Familia  Gramineae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Achnatherum P.Beauv. syn. Stipa L. common name: needlegrass

Named members of the Genus Achnatherum

1	Species  aridum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth common name: Mormon needlegrass
2	Species  brachychaetum (Godr.) Barkworth common name: shortbristled needlegrass
3	Species  caudatum (Trin.) Barkworth, comb. nov. ined. common name: Chilean ricegrass
4	Species  clandestinum (Hack.) Barkworth common name: Mexican ricegrass
5	Species  contractum (B.L. Johnson) Barkworth common name: contracted ricegrass
6	Species  coronatum (Thurb.) Barkworth common name: giant ricegrass
7	Species  curvifolium (Swallen) Barkworth common name: Guadalupe ricegrass
8	Species  diegoense (Swallen) Barkworth common name: San Diego needlegrass
9	Species  eminens (Cav.) Barkworth common name: southwestern needlegrass
10	Species  hendersonii (Vasey) Barkworth common name: Henderson's needlegrass
11	Species  hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth common name: Indian ricegrass
12	Species  latiglume (Swallen) Barkworth common name: Sierra needlegrass
13	Species  lemmonii (Swallen) Barkworth
	14    Varietas  lemmonii common name: Lemmon's needlegrass 15    Varietas  pubescens (Crampton) Barkworth common name: pubescent Lemmon's needlegrass
16	Species  lettermanii (Vasey) Barkworth common name: Letterman's needlegrass
17	Species  lobatum (Swallen) Barkworth common name: littleawn needlegrass
18	Species  nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth
	19    Subspecies  dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth common name: Dore's needlegrass 20    Subspecies  longiaristatum (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth syn. Achnatherum occidentale ssp. californicum 21    Subspecies  nelsonii common name: Columbia needlegrass
22	Species  nevadense (B.L. Johnston) Barkworth common name: Nevada needlegrass
23	Species  occidentale (Thurb. ex S. Wats.) Barkworth
	24    Subspecies  californicum (Merr. & Burtt-Davey ex Hall) Barkworth common name: California needlegrass 25    Subspecies  occidentale common name: western needlegrass 26    Subspecies  pubescens (Vasey) Barkworth common name: pubescent western needlegrass
27	Species  papposum (Nees) Barkworth syn. Jarava plumosa
28	Species  parishii (Vasey) Barkworth
	29    Varietas  depauperatum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth common name: little Parish's needlegrass 30    Varietas  parishii common name: Parish's needlegrass
31	Species  perplexum Hoge & Barkworth common name: New Mexico needlegrass
32	Species  pinetorum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth common name: pine needlegrass
33	Species  richardsonii (Link) Barkworth common name: Richardson's needlegrass
34	Species  robustum (Vasey) Barkworth common name: sleepygrass
35	Species  scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth common name: Scribner needlegrass
36	Species  speciosum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth common name: desert needlegrass
37	Species  splendens (Trin.) Nevski
38	Species  stillmanii (Bolander) Barkworth common name: Stillman's needlegrass
39	Species  swallenii (C.L. Hitchc. & Spellenberg) Barkworth common name: Swallen's needlegrass
40	Species  thurberianum (Piper) Barkworth common name: Thurber's needlegrass
41	Species  wallowaensis Maze & K.A. Robson common name: Wallowa needlegrass
42	Species  webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth common name: Webber needlegrass
43	Species  x bloomeri (Boland.) Barkworth

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.