Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Gramineae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Berriochloa, Graminites, Muhlenbergia, Palaeophragmites, Bromus, Palaeopyrum, Humbertochloa, Saccharum, Stipidium, Phyllostachys, Oryzopsis, Triticum, Poacites, Bambusites, Phragmites, Phalaris, Paleoeriocoma, Arundinaria, Andropogon, Glumophyllum, Festuca, Oryza, Panicum, Leptaspis, Pennisetum, Chaetochloa, Sorghum, Rhizocaulon, Setaria, Palaeoavena, Graminophyllum

Subtaxa: Stipa avenacea Stipa juncea Stipa laminarium Stipa membranacea Stipa pennata

view classification

Type: Stipa pennata

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Florissant Flora (Eocene of Colorado)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.