Aristida dichotoma

Aristida dichotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Aristida
Species:	A. dichotoma
Binomial name
	Aristida dichotoma; Michx.
Synonyms
	Aristida dichotoma f. major Shinners ; Avena paradoxa Willd. ex Kunth ; Avena setacea Muhl. ex Trin. ; Curtopogon dichotomus (Michx.) P.Beauv. ;

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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.

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[powo-1] "Aristida dichotoma Michx". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2019-01-06.

[itis-2] "Aristida dichotoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[weakley2018-3] 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

[shaw2012-4] Shaw, Robert B. (2012). Guide to Texas Grasses (1st ed.). Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 9781603441865.

[miflora-5] 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.

[ipni-6] "Aristida dichotoma Michx". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-01-06.

[nowick2014-7] Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical common names of Great Plains plants, with scientific names index. ISBN 9781609620585.

[fotcr2017-8] Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.

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