Taxon: Achnatherum speciosum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

Common names:

• desert needlegrass   (Source: Intermt F as Stipa speciosa)
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [s.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s. & e.], Nevada [s.], Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= Stipa speciosa].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Achnatherum speciosum.

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

Synonyms:

• (≡) Stipa speciosa Trin. & Rupr. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other databases for Achnatherum speciosum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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
• 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.
• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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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