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Arundo plinii

(Dwarf Reed)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Dwarf Reed

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Juncanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Poales () - Small, 1903
        Family: Gramineae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Arundinoideae ()
        Tribe: Arundineae ()
        Genus: Arundo () - C. Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: plinii - Turra
        Botanical name: - Arundo plinii Turra

Synonyms

Arundo Donax Plinii • Calamagrostis plinii (Turra) J. F. Gmel.

Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Arundo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. canadensis (Canadian Giant Reed) · A. donax (Giant Reed) · A. donax var. donax (Giant Reed) · A. donax 'Macrophylla' (Giant Reed) · A. donax 'Variegata' (Variegata Striped Giant Reed) · A. donax 'Versicolor' (White-Striped Leaf Giant Reed) · A. epigeios (Chee Reed Grass) · A. formosana (Taiwan Grass) · A. formosana 'Golden Fountain' (Taiwan Grass) · A. formosana 'Green Fountain' (Taiwan Grass) · A. isiaca (Persian Cane) · A. phragmites (Giant Reed) · A. plinii (Dwarf Reed)

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Further Reading

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Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Andover: Intercept. ENG url p. 141.

Notes

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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 December 11, 2007:

Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5824011
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15746740
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:390927-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 982260

Last Revised: 7/21/2012