Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Phytologia 74(1): 9. 1993 [21 Feb 1993]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Columbia needlegrass
en English name: Columbia needlegrass
English name: Nelson's needlegrass

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth
2) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. longiaristatum (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth
3) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. nelsonii
4) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth var. dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Dorn



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Achnatherum
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK, YT)

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Map for Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. longiaristatum (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth [177]
2) Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth var. dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Dorn [205]
3) Achnatherum papposum (Nees) Barkworth [146]
4) Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth [301]
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6) Achroschizocarpus kolianus Gombócz [179]
7) Achyranthes atollensis H. St. John [305]
8) Achyranthes indica (L.) Mill. [189]
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