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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| Hesperostipa neomexicana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Stipodae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Hesperostipa (M.K.Elias) Barkworth[1][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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "Genus: Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1997-12-11. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ a b c "Hesperostipa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ "Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἕσπερος". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ Barkworth, Mary E. (1993). "North American Stipeae (Gramineae): Taxonomic changes and other comments". Phytologia. 74: 1–25. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2304.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Hesperostipa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
External links edit
Data related to Hesperostipa at Wikispecies
Media related to Hesperostipa at Wikimedia Commons
