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Taxon: Amelichloa brachychaeta (Godr.) Arriaga & Barkworth

Genus: Amelichloa
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Stipeae.
Nomen number: 452839
Place of publication: Sida 22:147. 2006
Name verified on: 09-May-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
AZ(as Stipa brachychaeta)*°, CA(as Achnatherum brachychaetum)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • flechilha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Stipa brachychaeta)
  • puna grass   (Source: Noxious Weed List-AZ as Stipa brachychaeta)

Economic importance:

  • Weed   (fide Phytologia 74:6. 1993, as Achnatherum brachychaetum; F CalifJep, as Achnatherum brachychaetum)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Southern South America: Argentina [c.]; Uruguay
Other:
  • naturalized in s.w. United States & Australia

References:

  • Arriaga, M. O. & M. E. Barkworth. 2006. Amelichloa: a new genus in the Stipeae (Poaceae). Sida 22:145–149.
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Amelichloa brachychaeta (Godr.) Arriaga & 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?452839 (21 November 2009)

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