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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Aristida

Hierarchical position of the Genus Aristida

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  Aristida L. common name: threeawn

Named members of the Genus Aristida

1	Species  adscensionis L.
	2    Varietas  abortiva Beetle syn. Aristida adscensionis 3    Varietas  modesta Hack. syn. Aristida adscensionis
4	Species  affinis (J.A. Schultes) Kunth syn. Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens
5	Species  americana L. syn. Bouteloua americana
6	Species  arizonica Vasey common name: Arizona threeawn
7	Species  barbata Fourn. syn. Aristida havardii
8	Species  basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey
	9    Varietas  curtissii (Gray ex S. Wats. & Coult.) Shinners syn. Aristida dichotoma var. curtissii
10	Species  beyrichiana Trin. & Rupr. common name: Beyrich threeawn
11	Species  brownii Warnock syn. Aristida purpurea var. wrightii
12	Species  californica Thurb. ex S. Wats.
	13    Varietas  californica common name: California threeawn 14    Varietas  glabrata Vasey common name: Santa Rita threeawn
15	Species  chaseae A.S. Hitchc. common name: Chase's threeawn
16	Species  cognata Trin. & Rupr. common name: spreading threeawn
17	Species  condensata Chapman
	18    Varietas  combsii (Scribn. & Ball) Henr. syn. Aristida condensata
19	Species  curtissii (Gray ex S. Wats. & Coult.) Nash syn. Aristida dichotoma var. curtissii
20	Species  desmantha Trin. & Rupr. common name: curly threeawn
21	Species  dichotoma Michx.
	22    Varietas  curtissii Gray ex S. Wats. & Coult. common name: Curtis' threeawn 23    Varietas  dichotoma common name: churchmouse threeawn
24	Species  dissita I.M. Johnston syn. Aristida pansa
25	Species  divaricata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. common name: poverty threeawn
26	Species  fasciculata Torr. syn. Aristida adscensionis
27	Species  fendleriana Steud. syn. Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana
28	Species  floridana (Chapman) Vasey common name: Key West threeawn
29	Species  geniculata Raf. syn. Aristida longispica var. geniculata
30	Species  glabrata (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc. syn. Aristida californica var. glabrata
31	Species  glauca (Nees) Walp. syn. Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi
32	Species  gracilis Ell. syn. Aristida longispica var. longispica
33	Species  gypsophila Beetle common name: gypsum threeawn
34	Species  gyrans Chapman common name: corkscrew threeawn
35	Species  hamulosa Henr. syn. Aristida ternipes var. gentilis
36	Species  havardii Vasey common name: Havard's threeawn
37	Species  intermedia Scribn. & Ball syn. Aristida longispica var. geniculata
38	Species  lanosa Muhl. ex Ell.
	39    Varietas  macera Fern. & Grisc. syn. Aristida lanosa
40	Species  longiseta Steud.
	41    Varietas  rariflora A.S. Hitchc. syn. Aristida purpurea var. longiseta 42    Varietas  robusta Merr. syn. Aristida purpurea var. longiseta
43	Species  longispica Poir.
	44    Varietas  geniculata (Raf.) Fern. common name: slimspike threeawn 45    Varietas  longispica common name: slimspike threeawn
46	Species  mohrii Nash common name: Mohr's threeawn
47	Species  nealleyi (Vasey) Vasey syn. Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi
48	Species  necopina Shinners syn. Aristida longispica var. geniculata
49	Species  oligantha Michx. common name: prairie threeawn
50	Species  orcuttiana Vasey syn. Aristida schiedeana var. orcuttiana
51	Species  palustris (Chapman) Vasey common name: longleaf threeawn
52	Species  pansa Woot. & Standl.
	53    Varietas  dissita (I.M. Johnston) Beetle syn. Aristida pansa
54	Species  parishii A.S. Hitchc. syn. Aristida purpurea var. parishii
55	Species  patula Chapman ex Nash common name: tall threeawn
56	Species  portoricensis Pilger common name: pelos del diablo  (Mexico)
57	Species  purpurascens Poir.
	58    Varietas  minor Vasey syn. Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens 59    Varietas  purpurascens common name: arrowfeather threeawn 60    Varietas  tenuispica (A.S. Hitchc.) Allred common name: arrowfeather threeawn 61    Varietas  virgata (Trin.) Allred common name: arrowfeather threeawn
62	Species  purpurea Nutt.
	63    Varietas  fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey common name: Fendler's threeawn 64    Varietas  glauca (Nees) A. & N. Holmgren syn. Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi 65    Varietas  laxiflora Merr. syn. Aristida purpurea var. purpurea 66    Varietas  longiseta (Steud.) Vasey common name: Fendler threeawn 67    Varietas  nealleyi (Vasey) Allred common name: blue threeawn 68    Varietas  parishii (A.S. Hitchc.) Allred common name: Parish's threeawn 69    Varietas  perplexa Allred & Vald�s-Reyna common name: purple threeawn 70    Varietas  purpurea common name: purple threeawn 71    Varietas  robusta (Merr.) Piper syn. Aristida purpurea var. longiseta 72    Varietas  wrightii (Nash) Allred common name: Wright's threeawn
73	Species  ramosissima Engelm. ex Gray
	74    Varietas  chaseana Henr. syn. Aristida oligantha
75	Species  refracta Griseb. common name: islandthicket threeawn
76	Species  reverchonii Vasey syn. Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi
77	Species  rhizomophora Swallen common name: Florida threeawn
78	Species  roemeriana Scheele syn. Aristida purpurea var. purpurea
79	Species  schiedeana Trin. & Rupr.
	80    Varietas  orcuttiana (Vasey) Allred & Vald�s-Reyna common name: Orcutt's threeawn
81	Species  simpliciflora Chapman common name: southern threeawn
82	Species  spiciformis Ell. common name: bottlebrush threeawn
83	Species  stricta Michx.
	84    Varietas  nealleyi Vasey syn. Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi
85	Species  suringarii Henr. common name: St. Eustatius threeawn
86	Species  swartziana Steud. common name: Swartz's threeawn
87	Species  tenuispica A.S. Hitchc. syn. Aristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
88	Species  ternipes Cav.
	89    Varietas  gentilis (Henr.) Allred common name: spidergrass 90    Varietas  hamulosa (Henr.) Trent syn. Aristida ternipes var. gentilis 91    Varietas  minor (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc. syn. Aristida ternipes var. gentilis 92    Varietas  ternipes common name: spidergrass
93	Species  tuberculosa Nutt. common name: seaside threeawn
94	Species  virgata Trin. syn. Aristida purpurascens var. virgata
95	Species  wrightii Nash
	96    Varietas  parishii (A.S. Hitchc.) Gould syn. Aristida purpurea var. parishii

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.