Alopecurus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Alopecurus

foxtail

Hierarchical position of the Genus Alopecurus

   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
  
   Tribus  Alopecureae W.D.J. Koch
pub. Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 775. Jan-Oct 1837.
  
   Subtribus  Alopecurinae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 64. 1829.
  
   Genus  Alopecurus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: foxtail
  

Named members of the Genus Alopecurus

1
   Species  aequalis Sobol.
 
2
   Varietas  aequalis
common name: shortawn foxtail
3
   Varietas  natans (Wahlenb.) Fern.
syn. Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis
4
   Varietas  sonomensis Rubtzoff
common name: Sonoma shortawn foxtail
5
   Species  agrestis L.
syn. Alopecurus myosuroides
6
   Species  alpinus Sm.
 
7
   Subspecies  glaucus (Less.) Hult�n
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
8
   Varietas  glaucus (Less.) Krylov
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
9
   Varietas  occidentalis (Scribn. & Tweedy) Boivin
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
10
   Subspecies  stejnegeri (Vasey) Hult�n
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
11
   Varietas  stejnegeri (Vasey) Hult�n
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
12
   Species  aristulatus Michx.
syn. Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis
13
   Species  arundinaceus Poir.
common name: creeping meadow foxtail
14
   Species  borealis Trin.
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
15
   Species  brachystachus Bieb.
common name: foxtail
16
   Species  carolinianus Walt.
common name: Carolina foxtail
17
   Species  creticus Trin.
common name: Cretan meadow foxtail
18
   Species  geniculatus L.
 
19
   Varietas  aristulatus (Michx.) Torr.
syn. Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis
20
   Species  glaucus Less.
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
21
   Species  howellii Vasey
syn. Alopecurus saccatus
22
   Species  macounii Vasey
syn. Alopecurus carolinianus
23
   Species  monspeliensis L.
syn. Polypogon monspeliensis
24
   Species  myosuroides Huds.
common name: slender meadow foxtail
25
   Species  occidentalis Scribn. & Tweedy
syn. Alopecurus alpinus
26
   Species  pallescens Piper
syn. Alopecurus geniculatus
27
   Species  pratensis L.
common name: meadow foxtail
28
   Species  ramosus Poir.
syn. Alopecurus carolinianus
29
   Species  rendlei Eig.
common name: Rendle's meadow foxtail
30
   Species  saccatus Vasey
common name: Pacific foxtail
31
   Species  ventricosus Pers., non (Gouan) Huds.
syn. Alopecurus arundinaceus

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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