Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Fyntamboekiegras
Common Names in English:
Hyparrhenia, Fine Thatching Grass, Tambookie Grass
Common Names in Informal Latinized N:
Hyparrhenia
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,383 meters (0 to 7,818 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:
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:
Panicoideae
()
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
()
- Subtribe:
Anthistiriinae
()
- Genus:
Hyparrhenia
()
- Andersson ex Fournier, 1886
- Specific epithet:
filipendula
- (Hochst.) Stapf
- Queen
- Botanical name: - Hyparrhenia filipendula (Hochst.) Stapf
- Specific epithet:
filipendula
- (Hochst.) Stapf
- Queen
- Genus:
Hyparrhenia
(
- Subtribe:
Anthistiriinae
(
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
(
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Andropogon Filipendulus • Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. • Cymbopogon Filipendulus • Cymbopogon filipendulus (Hochst.) Rendle • Sorghum Filipendulum
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hyparrhenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. dregeana (Silky Thatching Grass) · H. filipendula (Hyparrhenia) · H. hirta (Thatch Grass) · H. rufa (Jaragua)
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Further Reading
- Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 267.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 104, p. 540.
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 380.
- Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 63.
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 25, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2576534
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-506656
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764229
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100455-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 19544
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506656
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HYFI3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 43622
Footnotes
- Mean = 945.240 meters (3,101.181 feet), Standard Deviation = 648.950 based on 104 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
