Taxon: Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.

Common names:

• galleta grass   (Source: Grass VarUSA [as Hilaria jamesii]) – English
  
• galleta   (Source: F CalifJep ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Intermt F, as Hilaria jamesii)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas [s.w.], Oklahoma [n.w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. (Grass VarUSA) [= Hilaria jamesii].
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth.].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [= Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth.].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pleuraphis jamesii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pleuraphis jamesii. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth.
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)

Check other databases for Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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