Echinochloa
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[ Echinochlaena ] [ Echinochloa ] [ Echinocitrus ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Echinochloa

barnyardgrass
cockspur
grass
jungle rice
millet

Hierarchical position of the Genus Echinochloa

   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  Echinochloa P.Beauv.
common name: cockspur grass
  

Named members of the Genus Echinochloa

1
   Species  colona (L.) Link
common name: jungle rice
2
   Species  crus-galli (L.) Beauv.
common name: barnyard grass
  
 
3
   Subspecies  edulis A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Echinochloa frumentacea
4
   Varietas  frumentacea (Link) W. Wight
syn. Echinochloa frumentacea
5
   Varietas  mitis (Pursh) Peterm.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
6
   Varietas  oryzicola (Vasinger) Ohwi
syn. Echinochloa oryzicola
7
   Varietas  zelayensis (Kunth) A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera
8
   Species  crus-pavonis (Kunth) J.A. Schultes
 
9
   Varietas  crus-pavonis
common name: gulf cockspur grass
10
   Varietas  macera (Wieg.) Gould
common name: gulf cockspur grass
11
   Species  elliptica Michael & Vick.
common name: elliptic cockspur grass
12
   Species  esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz
common name: Japanese millet
13
   Species  frumentacea Link
common name: billion-dollar grass
14
   Species  haploclada Stapf in Prain
common name: cockspur
15
   Species  microstachya (Wieg.) Rydb.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
16
   Species  muricata (Beauv.) Fern.
 
17
   Varietas  ludoviciana Wieg.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
18
   Varietas  microstachya Wieg.
common name: rough barnyardgrass
19
   Varietas  muricata
common name: rough barnyardgrass
20
   Varietas  occidentalis Wieg.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
21
   Varietas  wiegandii Fassett
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
22
   Species  occidentalis (Wieg.) Rydb.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
23
   Species  oplismenoides (Fourn.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Chihuahuan cockspur
24
   Species  oryzicola Vasinger
common name: rice barnyardgrass
25
   Species  oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch
common name: early water grass
26
   Species  paludigena Wieg.
common name: Florida cockspur grass
27
   Species  picta (J. K�nig) P.W. Michael
common name: varigated cockspur grass
28
   Species  polystachya (Kunth) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: creeping river grass
29
   Species  pungens (Poir.) Rydb.
 
30
   Varietas  coarctata Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
31
   Varietas  ludoviciana (Wieg.) Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. muricata
32
   Varietas  microstachya (Wieg.) Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
33
   Varietas  multiflora (Wieg.) Fern. & Grisc.
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
34
   Species  pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase
common name: antelope grass
35
   Species  spiralis Vasinger in Komarov
common name: cockspur
36
   Species  stagnina (Retz.) Beauv.
common name: hippo grass
37
   Species  turnerana (Domin) J. M. Black
syn. Echinochloa turneriana
38
   Species  turneriana (Domin) J. M. Black
common name: channel millet
39
   Species  utilis Ohwi & Yab.
syn. Echinochloa esculenta
40
   Species  walteri (Pursh) Heller
common name: coast cockspur grass
41
   Species  wiegandii (Fassett) McNeill & Dore
syn. Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya
42
   Species  zelayensis (Kunth) J.A. Schultes
syn. Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera

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

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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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