Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Boehmer's Cat's-Tail, Purple-Stem Cat's-Tail
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,932 meters (0 to 12,900 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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Phalaris phleoides L.
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Phleum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. alpinum (Alpine Timothy) · P. arenarium (Sand Timothy) · P. bertolonii (Diploid Timothy) · P. graecum (Ballast Timothy) · P. paniculatum (British Timothy) · P. phleoides (Purple-Stem Cat's-Tail) · P. pratense (Cats Tail) · P. pratense bertolonii (Diploid Timothy) · P. pratense nodosum (Common Timothy) · P. pratense pratense (Common Timothy) · P. subulatum (Italian Timothy)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A new British flora: British wild flowers in their natural haunts / described by A. R. Horwood; with sixty-four plates in colour representing 350 different plants, from drawings by J. N. Fitch and many illustrations from photographs. London: Gresham, 1919. url p. 98.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 402.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 24 1931 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 161.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url .
- Nature Reserves of the Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia IUCN url p. 446, p. 468.
- Proceedings - Cambridge Philosophical Society. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge Philosophical Society [etc.] url p. 245.
- Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 116.
- 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. 153.
- The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 227.
- The naturalist. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865- url p. 307.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 40 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Bioversity International: EURISCO
- Bioversity International: EURISCO, The European Genetic Resources Search Catalogue
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
- Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien: Observations du Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien.
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
- 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 de la Universidad de Salamanca: SALA
- GBIF-Spain: Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
- GBIF-Spain: Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
- GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- GBIF-Sweden: Plants (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
- Karl Franzens University of Graz, Insitute for Botany - Herbarium GZU: Herbarium GZU
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK): IPK Genebank
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo (O)
- Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NORDGEN): Nordic Genetic Resources
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO: Herbarium GJO
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botany registration database by Danish botanists
- Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
- US National Plant Germplasm System: United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
- Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5848861
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415866-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 880952
Footnotes
- Mean = 204.360 meters (670.472 feet), Standard Deviation = 268.480 based on 2,657 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
