Taxon:
Achnatherum robustum (Vasey) Barkworth
Summary
Place of publication:
Phytologia 74:12. 1993
Comment:
based on Stipa viridula var. robusta Vasey, which is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
06/02/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
sleepy grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | Greeley Co. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Kansas (Greeley Co.), South Dakota (w.)]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Wyoming (s.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona]
-
REGION:
Mexico (n.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Stipa robusta | Barkworth, M. E. 1993. (1072) Proposal to conserve the type of Stipa robusta [=Achnatherum robustum] (Poaceae) under Art. 69.3. Taxon 42:711-712. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Stipa robusta | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |