Poaceae
Agrostis

Agrostis exarata Trin.

First published in Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 205 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kamchatka to Kuril Islands, Alaska to Mexico. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Kuril Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Northwest Territorie, Oklahoma, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Samoa

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Vigosa-Mercado, J.L. & al. (2023). Revision of the genus Agrostis (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) in Megamexico. PhytoKeys 230: 157-256.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Eyerdam, W.J. [2318] United States K000838208 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] United States K000838202 Unknown Type Material Yes
Besser, W.S.J.G.von [s.n.] United States K000838074 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000838073 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000838207 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America K000838203 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, E.C. [s.n.] United States K000838201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fischer, W. [199] Argentina K000308390 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000838072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] Northern America K000838206 Unknown Type Material Yes
Palmer, E. [190] Mexico K000308367 Type Yes
Suksdorf, W.N. [s.n.] United States K000838200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davy, J.B.; Blasdale, W.G. [6105] United States Agrostis longiligula K000838191 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0