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Needlegrass (other)
The term needlegrass may refer to any of several genera of grasses, including: *''Achnatherum'' *''Aristida'' (three-awns) *'' Hesperostipa'' *'' Nassella'' *''Stipa ''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, perennial hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae, w ...'' *'' Triraphis'' See also * Spear grass (other) * Wiregrass (other) {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poaceae
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, including staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and millet for people and as feed for meat-producing animals. They provide, through direct human consumption, just over one-half (51%) of all dietary energy; rice provides 20%, wheat supplies 20%, maize (corn) 5.5%, and other grains 6%. Some members of the Poaceae are used as building materials ( bamboo, thatch, and straw); oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achnatherum
''Achnatherum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It includes 20 species of needlegrass native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa. Several needlegrass species have been switched between ''Achnatherum'' and genus ''Stipa''; taxonomy between the two closely related genera is still uncertain. In 2019 Peterson ''et al.'' reorganized the genera in tribe Stipeae based on molecular DNA studies, and placed the species from the Americas into other genera.Peterson PM, Romaschenko K, Soreng RJ, Valdés Reyna J (2019) A key to the North American genera of Stipeae (Poaceae, Pooideae) with descriptions and taxonomic names for species of ''Eriocoma, Neotrinia, Oloptum'', and five new genera: ''Barkworthia, × Eriosella, Pseudoeriocoma, Ptilagrostiella'', and ''Thorneochloa''. ''PhytoKeys'' 126: 89-125. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.126.34096 Species 20 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of October 2024: Unplaced species * ''Achnatherum ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristida
''Aristida'' is a very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three Awn (Botany), awns (bristles) on each lemma (botany), lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm regions. This genus is among those colloquially called three-awns wiregrass (other), wiregrasses, speargrass (other), speargrasses and needlegrass (other), needlegrasses. The name ''Aristida'' is derived from the Latin "wikt:arista#Latin, arista", meaning "awn". They are characteristic of semiarid grassland. The Wiregrass Region of North America is named for ''Aristida stricta, A. stricta''. Other locales where this genus is an important component of the ecosystem include the Carolina Bays, the sandhills (Carolina), sandhills of the Carolinas, and sandhill, elsewhere, Acacia aneura, Mulga scrub in Australia, and the xeric grasslands around Lake Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperostipa
''Hesperostipa'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as needle-and-thread grass or needlegrass. The ''Hesperostipa'' species, formerly called '' Stipa'', are endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ... to North America. The new name adds , as other ''Stipa'' species are found on the Eurasian continent (i.e., the eastern hemisphere). Species *'' Hesperostipa comata'' (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth – needle-and-thread grass **''Hesperostipa comata'' subsp. ''comata'' **''Hesperostipa comata'' subsp. ''intermedia'' (Scribn. & Tweedy) Barkworth *'' Hesperostipa curtiseta'' (Hitchc.) Barkworth – Canadian needlegrass *'' Hesperostipa neomexicana'' (Thurb.) Barkworth – New Mexico needlegrass *'' Hesperostipa sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassella
''Nassella'', or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word ''nassa'' refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the genus ''Stipa'' and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus. As of 2011, '' The Jepson Manual'' includes ''Nassella'' within ''Stipa''. ''Nasella'' is characterized by strongly overlapping lemma margins and reduced, veinless paleae. The lemma tips are fused into the "crown", a short membrane that surrounds the base of the lemma. The rim of the crown usually has hairs. Many species form both cross-pollinating and self-pollinating florets in the terminal panicle. The self-pollinating florets have 1–3 small anthers; the cross-pollinating florets have 3 longer anthers. Some species have self-pollinating inflorescences hidden in their basal leaf sheaths. These hidden inflorescences lack glumes and usually lack aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, perennial hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae, which also contains many species formerly assigned to ''Stipa'', which have since been reclassified into new genera. Many species are important forage crops. Several species such as ''Stipa brachytricha'', ''S. arundinacea'', ''S. splendens'', ''S. calamagrostis'', ''S. gigantea'' and ''S. pulchra'' are used as ornamental plants. One former species, esparto grass (''Macrochloa tenacissima''), is used for crafts and extensively in paper making. It is a coarse grass with inrolled leaves and a panicle patterned inflorescence. Ecology Species of the genus ''Stipa'' can occur in grasslands or in savanna habitats. Certain specific prairie plant associations are dominated by grasses of the genus ''Stipa'', which genus often lends its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triraphis
''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * '' Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho * '' Triraphis compacta'' Cope, - Ethiopia * '' Triraphis devia'' Filg. & Zuloaga, - State of Goiás in Brazil * '' Triraphis mollis'' R.Br., - Australia (Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania); naturalized in Britain, Belgium, Texas * '' Triraphis pumilio'' R.Br., - Angola, Namibia, Sahara, Arabian Pen * '' Triraphis purpurea'' Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana * '' Triraphis ramosissima'' Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa * '' Triraphis schinzii'' Hack., Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia ; formerly included see '' Cortaderia Crinipes Eriachne Nematopoa ''Nematopoa'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spear Grass (other)
Spear grass or speargrass is the common name of numerous herbaceous plants worldwide including: Poaceae (grasses) *'' Aciphylla'' spp. *''Aristida'' spp. *'' Heteropogon contortus'' *''Imperata cylindrica'' *'' Piptochaetium'' *''Poa'' spp. *''Stipa ''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, perennial hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae, w ...'' spp.; typically '' Stipa calamagrostis'' Apiaceae (umbellifers) '' Aciphylla'' spp. Other * Foxtail (other) {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
