Aristida ramosa

Aristida ramosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Aristidoideae
Tribus: Aristideae
Genus: Aristida
Species: Aristida ramosa

Name

Aristida ramosa, R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 173 (1810).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chaetaria ramosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 397 (1817).
• Heterotypic
  • Chaetaria racemosa P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 30 (1812), nom. nud.
  • Aristida aspera Swallen, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 26: 177 (1936).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Fiji; New Caledonia; Vanuatu Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Victoria; Western Australia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 173.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida ramosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aristida ramosa. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida ramosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Purple wiregrass

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