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[ Piptanthus ] [ Piptatherum ] [ Piptocalyx ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Piptatherum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Piptatherum

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  Piptatherum P.Beauv. syn. Oryzopsis Michx. common name: ricegrass

Named members of the Genus Piptatherum

1	Species  canadense (Poir) Barkworth, comb. nov. ined. common name: Canadian ricegrass
2	Species  confine J.A. Schultes syn. Arundinella confinis
3	Species  exiguum (Thurb.) Barkworth, comb. nov. ined. common name: little ricegrass
4	Species  micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth common name: littleseed ricegrass
5	Species  miliaceum (L.) Coss. common name: smilograss
6	Species  pungens (Torr.) Barkworth, comb. nov. ined. common name: mountain ricegrass
7	Species  racemosum Ricker ex A.S. Hitchc. common name: blackseed ricegrass

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.