Hesperostipa

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Hesperostipa

Genus of grasses

Hesperostipa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as needle-and-thread grass or needlegrass.[2]

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The Hesperostipa species, formerly called Stipa, are endemic to North America. The new name adds Classical Greek: ἕσπερος, romanized: hesperos, lit. 'western', as other Stipa species are found on the Eurasian continent (i.e., the eastern hemisphere).[3][4]

Selected species

  • Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth – needle-and-thread grass
    • Hesperostipa comata subsp. comata
    • Hesperostipa comata subsp. intermedia (Scribn. & Tweedy) Barkworth
  • Hesperostipa curtiseta (Hitchc.) Barkworth – Canadian needlegrass
  • Hesperostipa neomexicana (Thurb.) Barkworth – New Mexico needlegrass
  • Hesperostipa saxicola (Hitchc.) Valdés-Reyna & Barkworth
  • Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth – porcupine grass[2][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Genus: Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1997-12-11. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. [2]
    "Hesperostipa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  3. [3]
    "Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἕσπερος". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. [4]
    Barkworth, Mary E. (1993). "North American Stipeae (Gramineae): Taxonomic changes and other comments". Phytologia. 74: 1–25. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2304.
  5. [5]
    "GRIN Species Records of Hesperostipa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-08-16.


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