PLANTS Profile for Piptochaetium (speargrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Piptochaetium J. Presl
speargrass

Symbol:

PIPTO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

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Piptochaetium J. Presl

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Distribution:
Piptochaetium J. Presl

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Piptochaetium J. Presl

View 342 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi. . Image Available.

Piptochaetium avenaceum
blackseed speargrass

Distribution of Piptochaetium avenacioides (Nash) Valencia & Costas. . Image Available.

Piptochaetium avenacioides
Florida speargrass

Piptochaetium bicolor

Distribution of Piptochaetium fimbriatum (Kunth) Hitchc.. . Image Available.

Piptochaetium fimbriatum
pinyon ricegrass

Piptochaetium lasianthum

Piptochaetium lejopodum

Piptochaetium montevidense

Piptochaetium napostaense

Distribution of Piptochaetium pringlei (Beal) Parodi. . Image Available.

Piptochaetium pringlei
Pringle's speargrass

Distribution of Piptochaetium setosum (Trin.) Arechav.. .

Piptochaetium setosum
bristly speargrass

Distribution of Piptochaetium stipoides (Trin. & Rupr.) Hack. ex Arechav.. .

Piptochaetium stipoides
purple speargrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Piptochaetium J. Presl

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Piptochaetium J. Presl – speargrass

More Accounts and Images:
Piptochaetium J. Presl

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42024.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:28 AM CDT