Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Memphis Grass, Memphisgrass
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,672 meters (0 to 5,486 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Annual
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
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Cutandia dichotoma var. memphitica (Spreng.) Maire & Weiller • Dactylis memphitica Spreng. • Festuca divaricata Desf. var. memphitica (Spreng.) Coss. & Durieu • Festuca memphitica (Spreng.) Boiss. Ex Coss.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cutandia
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Further Reading
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- Botanical features of the Algerian Sahara. Washington, D.C.Carnegie Institution of Washington1913 url p. 59.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 59.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 241, p. 244, p. 332, p. 345, p. 609.
- List of rare, threatened and endemic plants in Europe (1982 edition) Council of Europe url p. 330.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 1008, p. 169, p. 829.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Herbarium Hamburgense, Impetus - Herbarium Hamburgense
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661592
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41610
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13821727
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396847-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 12697
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41610
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA1U010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CUME2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 33638
Footnotes
- Mean = 326.040 meters (1,069.685 feet), Standard Deviation = 327.840 based on 54 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
