Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mat-Grass Fescue
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:
Brachypodieae
(
)
- Genus:
Brachypodium
(
)
- Palisot de Beauvois, 1812
- Specific epithet:
unilaterale
- P.Beauv.
- Botanical name: - Brachypodium unilaterale P.Beauv.
- Specific epithet:
unilaterale
- P.Beauv.
- Genus:
Brachypodium
(
- Tribe:
Brachypodieae
(
- Subfamily:
Pooideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Nardurus Unilateralis • Nardurus unilateralis (L.) Boiss. • Triticum Unilaterale • Triticum unilaterale L. • Vulpia Unilateralis
Similar Species
Members of the genus Brachypodium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. caninum (Bearded Wheatgrass) · B. corniculatum (Heath False Brome) · B. distachyon (Purple False Brome) · B. distachyon 'Ibros' (False Brome Grass 'ibros') · B. distachyon 'Zulema' (False Brome Grass 'zulema') · B. phoenicoides (Thinleaf False Brome) · B. pinnatum (Heath False Brome) · B. sylvaticum (Slender False Brome) · B. unilaterale (Mat-Grass Fescue)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8432914
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15748925
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393206-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3620952
