Aristida dichotoma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Aristidoideae
Tribus: Aristideae
Genus: Aristida
Species: Aristida dichotoma
Name

Aristida dichotoma Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 41 (1803).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Curtopogon dichotomus (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 32 (1812).
Heterotypic
Avena setacea Muhl. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 87 (1830), pro syn.
Avena paradoxa Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 188 (1833), pro syn.
Aristida dichotoma f. major Shinners, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 634 (1940).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1: 41.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aristida dichotoma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aristida dichotoma. Published online. Accessed: Dec 16 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Aristida dichotoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aristida dichotoma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
English: churchmouse threeawn

Aristida dichotoma, known as churchmouse threeawn,[2] fork-tip three-awn,[3] pigbutt three-awn,[4] and poverty grass,[5] is a species of grass from eastern North America.[1] It is native to the Eastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada. It has been introduced in California.[1] It was described in 1803 by André Michaux.[6]

Aristida dichotoma has also been known as beard grass and branching aristida.[7] The specific epithet is from the Latin for "forked".[8]
References

"Aristida dichotoma Michx". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
"Aristida dichotoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shaw, Robert B. (2012). Guide to Texas Grasses (1st ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 9781603441865.
Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Aristida dichotoma". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
"Aristida dichotoma Michx". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical common names of Great Plains plants, with scientific names index. ISBN 9781609620585.
Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.