Poaceae
Agrostis

Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

First published in Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 44 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Central America, Hispaniola, Venezuela to S. South America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Bolivia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Madagascar

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.151.50538. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & al. (2023). Revision of the genus Agrostis (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) in Megamexico. PhytoKeys 230: 157-256.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
King [s.n.] Chile K000308391 Type Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.; St. John, H. [6854] Canada K003604745 Yes
Dore, W.G. [451184] Canada K003604755 Yes
Ovczinnikova, S.V. [s.n.] United States K003604726 No
Venturi, S. [7870] Argentina K003350295 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Johnson, F.L. [C0151] United States K003604720 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] Mexico K003604945 Yes
Estrada, A.; Sánchez, J.; Solano, J.; Otros [2752] Costa Rica K003604952 Yes
Lechler [1219] K000308399 Type Yes
Lobo, S. [1658] Costa Rica K003604949 Yes
Vorontsova, M.; Sylvester, S.P.; Medellin, S. [2161] Colombia K001634658 Yes
Sylvester, S.P.; Bravo, W.; Aguilar, J. [3002] Colombia K001634628 Yes
Sylvester, S.P.; Bravo, W.; Aguilar, J. [3039] Colombia K001634624 Yes
Sylvester, S.P.; Bravo, W.; Aguilar, J. [3036] Colombia K001634626 Yes
Vorontsova, M.; Medellin, S.; Cuta, L.E. [2247] Colombia K001634667 Yes
Vorontsova, M.; Medellin, S.; Cuta, L.E. [2203] Colombia K001634668 Yes
Sylvester, S.P.; Bravo, W.; Aguilar, J. [3064] Colombia K001634662 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; Smart, R.F. [6776] United States K003604737 No
Radford, A.E. [29937] United States K003604734 No
Coville, F.V. [s.n.] United States K003604710 No
Chase, A.; Kneucker, A. [687] United States K003604718 No
Shafer, J.A. [109] United States K003604741 No
Suksdorf, W.; Kneucker, A. [s.n.] United States K003604742 No
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] Colombia K001493908 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] Colombia K001493910 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] Colombia K001493907 Yes
[Lisbrae] [91] Mexico K003604947 Yes
Dore, W.G.; Breitung, A.J. [471233] Canada K003604748 Yes
Pursh, F.T. [s.n.] K000838197 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003604780 No
Chase, A. [s.n.] United States K003604711 No
Venturi, S. [696] Argentina K003350297 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [11209] Mexico K000308370 Type Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4251] Mexico K000308368 Type Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2734] Mexico K000465752 No
Combs, R. [875] United States K003604707 No
Fernald, M.L.; Ogden, E.C. [s.n.] United States K003604712 No
Hermann, F.J. [9663] United States K003604732 No
Irvine, F.R. [s.n.] United States K003604722 No
Estrada, A.; Sánchez, J.; Solano, J.; Otros [2798] Costa Rica K003604953 Yes
Dore, W.G.; Roland, A.E. [451005] Canada K003604747 Yes
Dore, W.G. [451082] Canada K003604753 Yes
Dore, W.G. [649] United States K003604738 No
[T. L. S.] [s.n.] United States K003604719 No
Chase, V.H. [15450] United States K003604733 No
Weatherby, C.A. [s.n.] United States K003604714 No
Liebmann [715] Mexico K003604942 Yes
Cooley [s.n.] United States K003604727 No
[M. L. MacInnes]; Lubke, R.A. [387] United States K003604740 No
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10506] Costa Rica K003604951 Yes
Estrada, A.; Chacon, R.; Gonzalez, J.; Otros [2999] Costa Rica K003604954 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H7693] Haiti K003350038 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K003604717 No
Chase, V.H. [s.n.] United States K003604704 No
Gorham, E. [451393] Canada K003604749 Yes
Parmelee, G.W. [2500] United States K003604713 No
Chase, V.H. [I0720] United States K003604728 No
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K003604703 No
Moore, D.M. [2152] Chile K003350296 Yes
Lechler [1225] K000308392 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003604702 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003604739 No
Hinton, G.B. [2734] Mexico K000465751 No
Gray, A.; Carey, J. [s.n.] United States K003604779 No
Liebmann [709] Mexico K000308372 Type Yes
Ziegler, S.R.; Sefton, D.F. [2978] United States K003604730 No
Palmer, E.J. [32744] United States K003604716 No
Peterson, P.M.; Catalan, P. [17748] Mexico K003604939 Yes
Farwell, O.A. [940] United States K003604709 No
Roland; Lewis; Dore [3063] Canada K003604752 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [8393] Mexico K000465753 No
Marie-Victorin, F.; Rolland-Germain [24752] Canada K003604746 Yes
Groh, H. [s.n.] Canada K003604750 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10703] Costa Rica K003604950 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K003604736 No
Ekman, E.L. [H10083] Haiti K003350037 Yes
Hale, J. [s.n.] United States K003604723 No
{Liebmann} [714] Mexico K003604943 Yes
Dore, W.G. [451114] Canada K003604754 Yes
Robinson, A. [2481] United States K003604729 No
Anderson, S.C. [s.n.] United States K003604708 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003604725 No
Chase, V.H.; Elliott, L.P. [8559] United States K003604735 No
Peterson, P.M.; Blackburn, R.; Peterson, M.R.; Peterson, A.M. [21974] United States K003604715 No
Ball, J. [s.n.] K003350298 Yes
{Gray, A.; Sartwell} [s.n.] United States K003604724 No
Contreras Jiménez, J.L. [5886] Mexico K003604940 Yes
Nelson, E.W. [6195] Mexico K003604946 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [4462] Mexico K003604941 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] United States K003604743 No
Orcutt, C.R. [3971] Mexico K003604944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003604744 No
Tenorio, P.L.; Martínez, S.E.; Droege, H.; Diaz, M. [14842] Guatemala K003604948 Yes
Wolf, J. [1085] United States K003604706 No
Chase, V.H.; Elliott, L.P. [8559] United States K003604731 No
[N. Clemaru] [5230] United States K003604705 No
Rolland-Germain, F. [58001] Canada K003604751 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4485] Mexico K000308369 Type Yes
colombia K001493900 Yes
colombia K001493901 Yes
colombia K001493902 Yes
colombia K001493903 Yes
colombia K001493904 Yes
colombia K001493905 Yes
colombia K001493906 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] K001493907 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] K001493908 Yes
colombia K001493909 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5282] K001493910 Yes
colombia K001493911 Yes
Venezuela K001493912 Yes
Venezuela K001493913 Yes
Venezuela K001493914 Yes
Ecuador K001493915 Yes
Ecuador K001493916 Yes
Ecuador K001493917 Yes
Ecuador K001493918 Yes
Ecuador K001493919 Yes
Ecuador K001493920 Yes
Ecuador K001493921 Yes
Ecuador K001493922 Yes
Ecuador K001493923 Yes
Ecuador K001493924 Yes
Ecuador K001493925 Yes
Ecuador K001493926 Yes
Ecuador K001493927 Yes
Ecuador K001493928 Yes
Ecuador K001493929 Yes
peru K001493930 Yes
peru K001493931 Yes
peru K001493932 Yes
peru K001493933 Yes
peru K001493934 Yes
peru K001493935 Yes
peru K001493936 Yes
peru K001493937 Yes
Bolivia K001493938 Yes
Bolivia K001493939 Yes
Bolivia K001493940 Yes
Bolivia K001493941 Yes
Bolivia K001493942 Yes
Bolivia K001493943 Yes
Bolivia K001493944 Yes
Bolivia K001493945 Yes
Bolivia K001493946 Yes
Bolivia K001493947 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [5590] Mexico Agrostis schaffneri K000465748 No
Sohns, E.R. [811] Mexico Agrostis schaffneri K003350047 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2742] Mexico Agrostis schaffneri K000465749 No
Hinton, G.B. [2742] Mexico Agrostis schaffneri K000465750 No
Spruce, R. [5926] Ecuador Agrostis elata K000201577 Yes
Spruce, R. [5926] Ecuador Agrostis elata K000201578 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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