Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,840 meters (0 to 6,037 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- 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:
Spermatopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
(
)
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Pooideae
(
)
- Tribe:
Aveneae
(
)
- Subtribe:
Aveninae
(
)
- Genus:
Helictotrichon
(
)
- Besser, in J.A. Schultes & J.H. Schultes, 1827
- Specific epithet:
pratense
- (L.) Pilg.
- Botanical name: - Helictotrichon pratense (L.) Pilg.
- Specific epithet:
pratense
- (L.) Pilg.
- Genus:
Helictotrichon
(
- Subtribe:
Aveninae
(
- Tribe:
Aveneae
(
- Subfamily:
Pooideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Helictotrichon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. dahuricum (Emperor Alpineoatgrass) · H. hookeri (Hooker's Alpine Oat Grass) · H. mortonianum (Alpine Oat) · H. pubescens (Downy Alpineoatgrass) · H. sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) · H. sempervirens 'Saphirsprudel' (Sapphire Fountain Blue Oat Grass) · H. sempervirens 'Sapphire' (Blue Oat Grass)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Seeds handbook for agriculture, horticulture and forestry, with a key for the identification of the important agricultural seeds = Handbuch der Samenkunde für Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Forstwirtschaft, mit einem Schlussel zur Bestimmung der wichtigsten landwirtschaftlichen Samen / Walther Brouwen and Adolf Stahlin. [S.l.: s.n.], 1980. url p. 147.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 178.
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 December 03, 2007:
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
- International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), EURISCO
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Plants
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5838579
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4358890
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:404619-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 744148
Footnotes
- Mean = 135.270 meters (443.799 feet), Standard Deviation = 146.920 based on 11,849 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
