PLANTS Profile for Vetiveria nigritana (black vetivergrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf
black vetivergrass

Symbol:

VENI4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Graminoid

None

Not in PFA

More Information:

Related Taxa:
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Vetiveria

Classification:
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf

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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	Vetiveria Bory – vetivergrass
Species	Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf – black vetivergrass

More Accounts and Images:
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506629.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 02:22 AM CDT