Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Geelaartamboekiegras
Common Names in English:
Jaragua, Giant Thatching Grass, Jaragua Grass, Jaraguagrass
Common Names in German:
Braunes Deckgras, Jaraguagras
Common Names in Spanish:
Jaraguá, Yaragua
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Annual , Perennial
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Poales
()
- Family:
hard W. Pohl. 4 1980 [Chicago]:
Field Mus
()
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
()
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
()
- Subtribe:
Anthistiriinae
()
- Genus:
Hyparrhenia
()
- Andersson ex Fournier, 1886
- Specific epithet:
rufa
- (Nees) Stapf
- Botanical name: - Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf
- Specific epithet:
rufa
- (Nees) Stapf
- Genus:
Hyparrhenia
(
- Subtribe:
Anthistiriinae
(
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
(
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
(
- Family:
hard W. Pohl. 4 1980 [Chicago]:
Field Mus
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Synonyms
Andropogon rufus (Nees) Kunth • Cymbopogon rufus (Nees) Rendle • Sorghum rufum (Nees) Kuntze • Trachypogon rufus Nees
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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- A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 413.
- A restudy of the 1917 eruption of Volcán Boquerón, El Salvador, Central America / Sharat Kumar Roy -- [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 381.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 147.
- Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 267.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 401, p. 128.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 104, p. 168, p. 169, p. 21, p. 24, p. 254, p. 255, p. 256, p. 32, p. 38, p. 51, p. 540, p. 64, p. 692, p. 693, p. 708, p. 746, p. 748.
- Energy reserves and agronomic characteristics of four limpograsses (Hemarthria altissima (Poir) Stapf et C.E. Hubb) for Florida's flatwoods / by Scott Christiansen. 1982. url p. 20.
- Family #15, Gramineae / Richard W. Pohl. 4 1980 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. url fig. 96 , p. 263, p. 265, p. 266, p. 267, p. 601.
- Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 380.
- Flora of Guatemala: part II: grasses of Guatemala / Jason R. Swallen; Bamboos / F.A. McClure. 24 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 169, p. 170.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1022, p. 106, p. 157, p. 479, p. 57, p. 882.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 165.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 26.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 747, p. 748, p. 872.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 10 2000 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 385.
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 47.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 226, p. 249, p. 358, p. 64, p. 74, p. 86.
- The Ecology of arboreal folivores: a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 / Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. url p. 102.
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
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Banco Nacional de Germoplasma Vegetal, México
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- 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
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661726
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41781
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13752610
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100743-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 19550
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41781
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA3A020
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HYRU2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 43624
