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Swartz's threeawn
Scientific Name: Aristida swartziana
Family: Poaceae
Category: Monocot
Growth: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Swartz's Threeawn (Aristida swartziana)
Aristida swartziana, commonly known as Swartz's threeawn, is a graminoid plant belonging to the Poaceae family.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Aristida swartziana Steud.
- Common Name: Swartz's threeawn
- Rank: Species
- Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
- Synonym: According to some sources, it is a synonym of Aristida adscensionis L.
- Nomenclatural Reference: Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(2): 137. 1854 1855 publ. 2-3 Mar 1854
Morphological Characteristics
- It is a perennial plant.
- Classified as a graminoid.
Related Species
- Other Aristida species mentioned include: Aristida takeoi, Aristida tarapotana, Aristida tenuifolia, Aristida floridana (Key West Threeawn), Aristida purpurea (Purple Threeawn), Aristida portoricensis (Puerto Rico Threeawn), Aristida refracta, Aristida californica (Santa Rita Threeawn), Aristida tenuispica, Aristida ternipes, Aristida adscensionis (Annual Three-awn), Aristida barbicolis, Aristida Rhizomophora, Aristida basiramea (Forked Threeawn), Aristida gyrans (Corkscrew Threeawn), Aristida simpliciflora, and Aristida glauca.
Associated Species
- Other plants mentioned in connection with Aristida swartziana include: Axonopus compressus, Bothriochloa saccharoides, Chamaecrista glandulosa var. swartzii, Chloris virgata, Chrysopogon serrulatus, Leersia oryzoides, Leersia virginica, Panicum fasciculatum, Rhynchosia swartzii, Rhynchospora colorata, and Sporobolus cryptandrus.
Resources
- Further information can be found at NCBI and USDA Plants databases.
- Species profile available on Wikimedia: https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aristida_swartziana&oldid=1304102
- Plant information available on portail-jardin.com.