Alopecurus alpinus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Alopecurus

Annual or perennial . Leaf blades linear , flat; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a spikelike panicle, densely cylindrical, spikelets numerous , closely packed; pedicels very short, apices cuplike. Spikelets protogynous, strongly laterally compressed , floret 1, falling entire from pedicel; rachilla extension absent; glumes equal, ± equaling and enclosing floret, broadly lanceolate to oblong , membranous to thinly leathery, prominently 3-veined, strongly keeled , keel usually ciliate , infrequently winged , lower margins almost free or connate for up to half their length , apex obtuse , acute or shortly awned ; lemma broadly lanceolate to ovate , usually thinly membranous, keeled, obscurely 5-veined, smooth , glabrous , lower margins often connate, awned from lower back, apex truncate to acute; awn straight when short or geniculate when longer , column smooth, usually twisted at maturity, bristle scabrid ; palea absent or very small. Lodicules absent; ovary glabrous. Caryopsis obliquely obovate in side view ; endosperm sometimes liquid.

Between 40 and 50 species:temperate and cold regions of the N hemisphere, South America; eight species in China.[1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Alopecurus alpinus var. aristatus Hook.f. • Alopecurus alpinus glaucus (Less.) Hultén • Alopecurus alpinus stejnegeri (Vasey) Hultén • Alopecurus alpinus var. glaucus (Less.) Krylov • Alopecurus alpinus var. occidentalis (Scribn. & Tweedy) Boivin • Alopecurus alpinus var. stejnegeri (Vasey) Hultén • Alopecurus borealis Trin. • Alopecurus glaucus Less. • Alopecurus occidentalis Scribn. & Tweedy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alopecurus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. aequalis (Marsh Meadow-Foxtail) · A. aequalis sonomensis var. sonomensis (Sonoma Alopecurus) · A. aequalis var. aequalis (Short-Awn Meadow-Foxtail) · A. aequalis var. sonomensis (Sonoma Shortawn Foxtail) · A. alpinus (Boreal Alopecurus) · A. alpinus glaucus (Boreal Alopecurus) · A. arundinaceus (Creeping Foxtail) · A. brachystachus (Foxtail) · A. carolinianus (Carolina Foxtail) · A. creticus (Cretan Meadow Foxtail) · A. geniculatus (Marsh Meadow-Foxtail) · A. geniculatus var. geniculatus (Water Foxtail) · A. geniculatus var. microstachyus (Water Foxtail) · A. myosuroides (Blackgrass) · A. pratensis (Field Meadow-Foxtail) · A. pratensis pratensis (Field Meadow-Foxtail) · A. pratensis 'Aureus' (Gold Foxtail Grass) · A. pratensis 'Variegatus' (Variegated Foxtail Grass) · A. rendlei (Rendle's Foxtail) · A. saccatus (Pacific Foxtail)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 28, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2329942
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-40433
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13753246
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:387011-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 2639
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 996450-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA07020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 167305

Footnotes

1. Sheng-lian Lu & Sylvia M. Phillips "Alopecurus". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 316, 364. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 969.030 meters (3,179.232 feet), Standard Deviation = 920.490 based on 191 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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