PLANTS Profile for Phalaris paradoxa (hood canarygrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Phalaris paradoxa L.
hood canarygrass

Symbol:

PHPA5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Phalaris paradoxa var. praemorsa

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Iraq. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

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Synonyms:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

PHPAP

Phalaris paradoxa L. var. praemorsa (Lam.) Coss. & Durieu

Distribution:
Phalaris paradoxa L.


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USA (AZ, CA, HI, LA, MD, NJ, OR, PA, WA)

Related Taxa:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Phalaris

Classification:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

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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	Phalaris L. – canarygrass
Species	Phalaris paradoxa L. – hood canarygrass

Introduced Information:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phalaris paradoxa L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41338.

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

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 04:05 AM MDT