Poaceae

Aristida L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 82 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical to Mongolia and N. America. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alberta, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand North, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 35 (1754)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54 (1926)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54A (1927)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54B (1928)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54C (1933)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 58 (1929)
  • Henrard in Mededeel. Rijks Herb. Leiden 58A (1932).
  • Linn., Sp. Pl. 82 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 35 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 82 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54 (1926)
  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54A (1927)
  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54B (1928)
  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 54C (1933)
  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 58 (1929)
  • Henr. in Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 58A (1932)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 35 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 82 (1753)
  • de Winter in Bothalia 8: 229 (1965)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dias-Melo, R. [247], Brazil K001101374 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [8956], Brazil K001101380 Yes
Valls, J.F.M. [2434], Brazil K001101382 Yes
Silva, G.P. [2433], Brazil K001101377 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3787] K001117216 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [254], Brazil K001101388 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [288], Brazil K001101383 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3788], Myanmar K001117217 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [273], Brazil K001101384 Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [2323], Brazil K001101366 Yes
Valls, J. [2488], Brazil K001101381 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [262], Brazil K001101372 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6025], Brazil K001101378 Yes
Burchell [5210], Brazil K001101386 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3787], India K001117215 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20088], Brazil K001101387 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [259], Brazil K001101376 Yes
Stannard, B.L. [s.n.], Brazil K001101368 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [260], Brazil K001101385 Yes
Harley, R.M. [28672], Brazil K001101379 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [261], Brazil K001101370 Yes
Filgueiras, T.S. [2323], Brazil K001101365 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [268], Brazil K001101371 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [259], Brazil K001101375 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [290], Brazil K001101369 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [70597], Brazil K001101367 Yes
Dias-Melo, R. [275], Brazil K001101373 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3795], Nepal Streptachne K001117229 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
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