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Aristida dichotoma

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Aristida dichotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Aristida
Species:
A. dichotoma
Binomial name
Aristida dichotoma
Michx.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aristida dichotoma f. major Shinners
  • Avena paradoxa Willd. ex Kunth
  • Avena setacea Muhl. ex Trin.
  • Curtopogon dichotomus (Michx.) P.Beauv.

Aristida dichotoma, known as churchmouse threeawn,[2] fork-tip three-awn,[3] pigbutt three-awn,[4] and poverty grass,[5] is a species of grass from eastern North America.[1] It is native to the Eastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada. It has been introduced in California.[1] It was described in 1803 by André Michaux.[6]

Aristida dichotoma has also been known as beard grass and branching aristida.[7] The specific epithet is from the Latin for "forked".[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Aristida dichotoma Michx". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. ^ "Aristida dichotoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  4. ^ Shaw, Robert B. (2012). Guide to Texas Grasses (1st ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 9781603441865.
  5. ^ Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Aristida dichotoma". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Aristida dichotoma Michx". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  7. ^ Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical common names of Great Plains plants, with scientific names index. ISBN 9781609620585.
  8. ^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.