Aristida adscensionis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Aristida

Perennials , less often annuals or suffruticose . Culms tufted . Leaf blades usually basal, rolled or rarely flat. Inflorescence a narrow or open panicle. Spikelets with 1 floret; glumes scarious , narrow, unequal with the upper usually longer , 1(-3) -veined; floret callus bearded , obtuse to pungent or 2-toothed; lemma narrowly cylindrical or laterally compressed , convolute, glabrous or sparsely hairy ; awn 3-branched, branches arising directly from lemma apex or seated on a straight or twisted column, persistent or disarticulating either at base or apex of column (always persistent in China), scabrid . Stamens 3.

About 300 species: widely distributed in tropical and warm-temperate regions of the world; ten species (six endemic) in China.

This genus is found on poor, dry soils in areas of low rainfall, but does not usually penetrate into true desert.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Dry mountain slopes , rocky fissures , and along river banks; 200-1800 m [2].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[3]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Synonyms

A. vulgaris Trinius & Ruprecht • A. vulpioides Hance • Aristida adscensionis var. abortiva Beetle • Aristida adscensionis var. modesta Hack. • Aristida adscensionis var. vulpioides (Hance) Hackel Ex Henrard • Aristida fasciculata Torr. • Chaetaria adscensionis (Linnaeus) P. Beauvois.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aristida

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 65 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. adscensionis (Six-Weeks Three-Awn Grass) · A. adscensionis var. adscensionis (Sixweeks Threeawn) · A. arizonica (Arizona Three-Awn Grass) · A. basiramea (Forked Three-Awn) · A. beyrichiana (Beyrich Threeawn) · A. californica (California Three-Awn Grass) · A. californica var. californica (California Threeawn) · A. californica var. glabrata (Santa Rita Threeawn) · A. chaseae (Chase's Threeawn) · A. cognata (Spreading Threeawn) · A. condensata (Big Three-Awned Grass) · A. desmantha (Curly Threeawn) · A. dichotoma (Churchmouse Threeawn) · A. dichotoma var. curtissii (Curtis' Threeawn) · A. dichotoma var. dichotoma (Churchmouse Threeawn) · A. divaricata (Poverty Threeawn) · A. floridana (Key West Threeawn) · A. gypsophila (Gypsum Threeawn) · A. gyrans (Corkscrew Three-Awn Grass) · A. havardii (Harvard Threeawn) · A. lanosa (Woolly Three-Awn) · A. longespica (Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass) · A. longespica geniculata (Spiked Needlegrass) · A. longespica longespica (Kearney´s Three-Awn) · A. longespica var. geniculata (Slimspike Threeawn) · A. longispica (Slimspike Threeawn) · A. longispica var. geniculata (Slimspike Threeawn) · A. longispica var. longispica (Slimspike Threeawn) · A. mohrii (Mohr's Three-Awn Grass) · A. oligantha (Oldfield Threeawn) · A. orcuttiana var. orcuttiana (Single Threeawn) · A. palustris (Longleaf Three-Awn) · A. pansa (Wooton Threeawn) · A. pansa var. pansa (Wooton's Threeawn) · A. patula (Tall Three-Awn Grass) · A. portoricensis (Pelos Del Diablo) · A. purpurascens (Arrowfeather Threeawn) · A. purpurascens var. purpurascens (Arrowfeather Threeawn) · A. purpurascens var. tenuispica (Arrowfeather Threeawn) · A. purpurascens var. virgata (Arrowfeather Threeawn) · A. purpurea (Democrat Grass) · A. purpurea var. fendleriana (Fendlers Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. longiseta (Fendlers Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. micrantha (Red Three-Awn) · A. purpurea var. nealleyi (Blue Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. parishii (Parish Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. perplexa (Purple Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. purpurea (Purple Threeawn) · A. purpurea var. wrightii (Wrights Threeawn) · A. ramosissima (Branched Three-Awn Grass) · A. ramosissima var. ramosissima (S-Curve Threeawn) · A. refracta (Islandthicket Threeawn) · A. rhizomophora (Florida Three-Awn Grass) · A. schiedeana (Single Threeawn) · A. schiedeana var. orcuttiana (Orcutt's Threeawn) · A. simpliciflora (Southern Three-Awned Grass) · A. spiciformis (Bottlebrush Threeawn) · A. stricta (Pineland Three-Awn Grass) · A. stricta var. beyrichiana (Wiregrass) · A. suringarii (St. Eustatius Threeawn) · A. swartziana (Swartz's Threeawn) · A. ternipes (Spider Three-Awn Grass) · A. ternipes var. gentilis (Mesa Threeawn) · A. ternipes var. ternipes (Spidergrass) · A. tuberculosa (Seabeach Needlegrass)

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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 15, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Herbarium Hamburgense, Impetus - Herbarium Hamburgense
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661431
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-185298
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14101746
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003540-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 4028
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41401
• MoBot NameID: 25507157
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA0K010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ARFA4
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 22324

Footnotes

1. Sheng-lian Lu, Shou-liang Chen & Sylvia M. Phillips "Aristida". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 453. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Aristida adscensionis". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 453, 454. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 1,309.230 meters (4,295.374 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,291.760 based on 553 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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