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Taxon:  Achnatherum robustum (Vasey) Barkworth



Summary
Genus:
Achnatherum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Stipeae
Nomen number:
402278
Place of publication:
Phytologia 74:12. 1993
Comment:
based on Stipa viridula var. robusta Vasey, which is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
06/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Stipa viridula Trin. var. robusta Vasey

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Stipa robusta (Vasey) Scribn.
Stipa vaseyi Scribn.

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Reference(s)
  1. Barkworth, M. E. 1993. (1072) Proposal to conserve the type of Stipa robusta [=Achnatherum robustum] (Poaceae) under Art. 69.3. Taxon 42:711. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:610. Note: proposal recommended
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  4. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950 Note: = Stipa robusta
Common names
English
sleepy grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico n.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansasGreeley Co.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakotaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyomings.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico (n.)
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (Greeley Co.), South Dakota (w.)]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Wyoming (s.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
Economic Uses
Vertebrate poisons


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