PLANTS Profile for Achnatherum scribneri (Scribner needlegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth
Scribner needlegrass

Symbol:

ACSC11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Graminoid

L48

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Stipa scribneri

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Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth

STSC2

Stipa scribneri Vasey

Native Status:
Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CO, NM, OK, TX, WY)

Related Taxa:
Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 37 species in Achnatherum

Classification:
Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Achnatherum P. Beauv. – needlegrass
Species	Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth – Scribner needlegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507957.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:46 AM CDT