Andropogon leucostachyus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Andropogon

Annual or perennial . Leaf blades linear , not aromatic ; ligule scarious or reduced to a line of hairs . Inflorescence simple or compound ; racemes fragile, usually paired , occasionally digitate or single, terminal on the culm or axillary and gathered into a spathate compound panicle; spikelets of a pair dissimilar; raceme bases not deflexed , without homogamous spikelets (present in A. munroi) ; rachis internodes filiform to linear or clavate , sometimes inflated , ciliate on margins . Sessile spikelet usually dorsally compressed ; callus short, obtuse , shortly bearded , inserted into internode apex; lower glume membranous to leathery, 2-keeled, lanceolate, flat to concave with lateral keels , these sometimes narrowly winged , with or without intercarinal veins, or linear with dorsal keels and a deep veinless median groove ; upper glume awned or awnless; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper lemma hyaline, 2-lobed, awned from sinus ; awn geniculate , column glabrous or puberulous . Stamens 1-3. Pedicelled spikelet variable, large to much reduced, male or barren. x = 10.

About 100 species: tropical and warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres, especially Africa and America; two species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anatherum virginicum (L.) Spreng. Subvar. Leucostachyum (Kunth) Roberty • Andropogon Leucostachys • Andropogon leucostachys H. B. K. • Andropogon virginicus L. leucostachyus (Kunth) Hack.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Andropogon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. arctatus (Pinewoods Bluestem) · A. bicornis (Barbas De Indio) · A. bicornis var. paranensis (West Indian Foxtail Grass) · A. binatus (Sabaigrass) · A. brachystachyus (Short-Spike Bluestem) · A. capillipes (Chalky Bluestem) · A. chevalieri (Beardgrass) · A. filipendulus (Hyparrhenia) · A. floridanus (Florida Bluestem) · A. gayanus (Bluestem) · A. gerardi (Big Bluestem) · A. gerardii (Big Bluestem) · A. gerardii var. gerardii (Big Bluestem) · A. gerardii 'Pawnee' (Big Bluestem) · A. glaucopsis (Chalky Bluestem) · A. glomeratus (Broomsedge) · A. glomeratus var. glomeratus (Bushy Bluestem) · A. glomeratus var. hirsutior (Bushy Bluestem) · A. glomeratus var. pumilus (Bushy Bluestem) · A. glomeratus var. scabriglumis (Bushy Bluestem) · A. gracilis (Silky Bluestem) · A. gyrans (Beardgrass) · A. gyrans var. gyrans (Elliott's Bluestem) · A. gyrans var. stenophyllus (Elliotts Bluestem) · A. hallii (Sand Bluestem) · A. leucostachys (Matojillo Bluestem) · A. leucostachyus (Matojillo Bluestem) · A. longiberbis (Hairy Bluestem) · A. mohrii (Mohr Bluestem) · A. propinquus (Sorghum) · A. sorghum (Sorghum) · A. sorghum halepensis (Aleppo Milletgrass) · A. ternarius (Silver Bluestem) · A. ternarius var. cabanisii (Splitbeard Bluestem) · A. ternarius var. ternarius (Splitbeard Bluestem) · A. tracyi (Tracy's Bluestem) · A. virginicus (Broom Sedge) · A. virginicus var. decipiens (Broomsedge) · A. virginicus var. glaucus 'Silver Beauty' (Blue Stem Grass) · A. virginicus var. scabriglumus (Broomsedge Bluestem) · A. virginicus var. virginicus (Broomsedge Bluestem) · A. vulgaris (Broomcorn)

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Further Reading

• A contribution to the flora of Honduras, by T. G. Yuncker. 17 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 312.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 17 1912 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 118.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 16 1889 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 239.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 201.
• Catalogue of the grasses of Cuba. By A. S. Hitchcock. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1909. url p. 253.
• Catalogue of the grasses of Cuba. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1909. url p. 253.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 50 2004 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 143, p. 19, p. 20, p. 205, p. 253, p. 279, p. 283, p. 407, p. 408, p. 409, p. 41, p. 410, p. 415, p. 416, p. 417, p. 419, p. 42, p. 420, p. 421, p. 426, p. 427, p. 429, p. 43, p. 432, p. 434, p. 435, p. 438, p. 439, p. 443, p. 445, p. 445, p. 446, p. 448, p. 450, p. 453, p. 456, p. 460, p. 462, p. 463, p. 464, p. 466, p. 495, p. 499, p. 506, p. 508, p. 521, p. 523, p. 524, p. 538, p. 552, p. 554, p. 56, p. 602, p. 63, p. 68, p. 688, p. 689, p. 707, p. 712, p. 713, p. 716, p. 719, p. 720, p. 721, p. 722, p. 723, p. 731, p. 734, p. 735, p. 736, p. 737, p. 739, p. 740, p. 742, p. 750, p. 751, p. 753, p. 762, p. 91, p. 94, p. VIII.
• Contributions to the flora of Venezuela / Julian A. Steyermark and collaborators. 28 1957 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 780, p. 784.
• Dedication papers: scientific papers presented at the dedication of the laboratory building and plant houses, April 19-21, 1917. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1918. url p. 26.
• Family #15, Gramineae / Richard W. Pohl. 4 1980 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. url p. 42, p. 44, p. 596.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1937 Chicago, 1937. url p. 68.
• Flora of Guatemala: part II: grasses of Guatemala / Jason R. Swallen; Bamboos / F.A. McClure. 24 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 23, p. 26.
• Flora of Peru... by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1936 Chicago, 1936- url p. 250, p. 252, p. 253, p. 68.
• Grasses of the West Indies. By A. S. Hitchcock and Agnes Chase. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1917. url p. 283, p. 407, p. 408, p. 409, p. 410, p. 415, p. 416, p. 417, p. 419, p. 420, p. 421, p. 426, p. 427, p. 429, p. 432, p. 434, p. 443, p. 445, p. 446, p. 448, p. 450, p. 453, p. 456, p. 462, p. 463, p. 464.
• Grasses of the West Indies. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1917. url p. 283, p. 407, p. 408, p. 409, p. 410, p. 415, p. 417, p. 419, p. 420, p. 421, p. 426, p. 427, p. 429, p. 432, p. 434, p. 435, p. 438, p. 439, p. 443, p. 445, p. 446, p. 448, p. 450, p. 453, p. 456, p. 460, p. 462, p. 463, p. 464, p. 466.
• Grisebach, A. H. R. Flora of the British West Indian islands /by A.H.R. Grisebach. [1859]-18 London, L. Reeve, 1864. url p. 559.
• Illinois biological monographs. Urbana, Univ. of Illinois Press. url p. 511.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 163.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 17 1997 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 213.
• Mammals of Panama (with thirty-nine plates) by Edward A. Goldman. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1920. url p. 37.
• Memoirs / Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Garden, 1918-1936. url p. 26.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 39.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 69 1921 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 37.
• Studies of American plants. by Paul C. Standley. 8 1931 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. url p. 297.
• The Journal of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture. San Juan: [Board of Commissioners of Agriculture, 1917]. url p. 151.
• The differentiation and specificity of starches in relation to genera, species, etc.; stereochemistry applied to protoplasmic processes and products, and as a strictly scientific basis for the classification of plants and animals Washington, D.C.Carnegie institution of Washington1913 url p. 201.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. url p. 26.
• The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 69.
• The genus Meliola in Porto Rico, including descriptions of sixty-two new species and varieties and a synopsis of all known Porto Rican forms. With five plates. By Frank Lincoln Stevens. Urbana, University of Illinois, 1916 url p. 43.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Utrecht University branch
• SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2665753
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-500959
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758299
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300760-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 412647
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 500959
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ANLE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 21091

Footnotes

1. Shou-liang Chen & Sylvia M. Phillips "Andropogon". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 572, 621, 623, 624, 627. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 537.580 meters (1,763.714 feet), Standard Deviation = 781.930 based on 303 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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