Nassella
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[ Nassauvia ] [ Nassella ] [ Nastanthus ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Nassella

grass
green needlegrass
tussockgrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Nassella

   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  Nassella (Trin.) E.Desv.
common name: tussockgrass
  

Named members of the Genus Nassella

1
   Species  brachychaeta (Godr.) Barkworth
syn. Achnatherum brachychaetum
2
   Species  cernua (Stebbins & R.M. Love) Barkworth
common name: nodding tussockgrass
3
   Species  chilensis (Trin.) E. Desv.
common name: Chilean tussockgrass
4
   Species  formicarum (Delile) Barkworth
common name: tropical tussockgrass
5
   Species  lepida (A.S. Hitchc.) Barkworth
common name: smallflower tussockgrass
6
   Species  leucotricha (Trin. & Rupr.) Pohl
common name: Texas tussockgrass
7
   Species  neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth
common name: Uruguayan tussockgrass
8
   Species  pulchra (A.S. Hitchc.) Barkworth
common name: purple tussockgrass, purple needle grass
  
9
   Species  tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth
common name: finestem tussockgrass
10
   Species  trichotoma Hackel ex Arech.
common name: serrated tussock grass
11
   Species  viridula (Trin.) Barkworth
common name: green needlegrass

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 November 01, 2004   

 

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