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, Chaetochloa, Oryza, Triticum, Pennisetum, Graminophyllum, Stipidium, Paleoeriocoma, Palaeophragmites, Phalaris, Rhizocaulon, Andropogon, Panicum, Phyllostachys, Bromus, Muhlenbergia, Setaria, Glumophyllum, Saccharum, Berriochloa, Bambusites, Oryzopsis, Phragmites, Leptaspis, Poacites, Sorghum, Arundinaria, Festuca, Palaeopyrum, Humbertochloa, Graminites, Palaeoavena

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

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Type: Stipa pennata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

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

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