Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Dektamboekiegras
Common Names in English:
Thatch Grass, Common Thatching Grass, Coolatai Grass, Thatching Grass
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,441 meters (0 to 8,009 feet).[1]
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:
Panicoideae
()
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
()
- Subtribe:
Anthistiriinae
()
- Genus:
Hyparrhenia
()
- Andersson ex Fournier, 1886
- Specific epithet:
hirta
- (L.) Stapf
- Botanical name: - Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
- Specific epithet:
hirta
- (L.) Stapf
- 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 hirtus (L.) Thomson • Cymbopogon hirtus (L.) Thomson • Heteropogon hirtus (L.) Andersson Ex Schweinf. • Sorghum hirtum (L.) Kuntze
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
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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)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Biology of deserts: the proceedings of a symposium on the biology of hot and cold deserts organized by the Institute of Biology / edited by J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson. London: Institute of Biology; 1954. url p. 54.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 46 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 167, p. 168, p. 169, p. 21, p. 249, p. 254, p. 255, p. 256, p. 27, p. 34, p. 38, p. 46, p. 50, p. 602, p. 61, p. 618, p. 9, p. XI.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1022, p. 260, p. 59, p. 771.
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 15, p. 20.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 748, p. 872.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 249, p. 358, p. 76.
- The future of arid lands: papers and recommendations from the International Arid Lands Meetings / edited by Gilbert F. White. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1956. url p. 448.
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 November 15, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
- GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
- GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
- 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
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, Herbarium GJO
- SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- SysTax, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
- SysTax, Museu Botanico Municipal
- SysTax, SysTax
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Lund Botanical Museum
- University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661725
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41780
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13760092
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100650-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 19546
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41780
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA3A010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ANHI5
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17017
Footnotes
- Mean = 300.780 meters (986.811 feet), Standard Deviation = 279.320 based on 649 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
