Hesperostipa

Hesperostipa
Hesperostipa neomexicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Hesperostipa
(M.K.Elias) Barkworth[1][2]
Species

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Hesperostipa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as needle-and-thread grass or needlegrass.[2]

The Hesperostipa species, formerly called Stipa, are endemic to North America. The new name adds Classical Greek: ἕσπερος, romanized: hesperos, lit. 'western', as other Stipa species are found on the Eurasian continent (i.e., the eastern hemisphere).[3][4]

Selected species

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1997-12-11. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Hesperostipa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  3. ^ "Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἕσπερος". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. ^ Barkworth, Mary E. (1993). "North American Stipeae (Gramineae): Taxonomic changes and other comments". Phytologia. 74: 1–25. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2304.
  5. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Hesperostipa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-08-16.


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