Hesperostipa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Hesperostipa
Species: H. comata - H. curtiseta - H. neomexicana - H. saxicola - H. spartea

Name

Hesperostipa (M.K. Elias) Barkworth, Phytologia 74: 15 (1993)
Type species: Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth, Phytologia 74: 16 (1993)

Note: This genus is still accepted as a synonym of Stipa by Govaerts et al., (2017)
References

Barkworth, M.E. 1993. Phytologia 74(1): 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Hesperostipa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 21. Reference page. as Stipa L., Sp. Pl.: 78 (1753).
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Hesperostipa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Hesperostipa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Hesperostipa. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.