PLANTS Profile for Piptatherum micranthum (littleseed ricegrass)

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Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth
littleseed ricegrass

Symbol:

PIMI7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

Oryzopsis micrantha

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AZ. Usage Requirements.

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Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

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Synonyms:
Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

ORMI2

Oryzopsis micrantha (Trin. & Rupr.) Thurb.

Distribution:
Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 15 species in Piptatherum

Classification:
Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

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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	Piptatherum P. Beauv. – ricegrass
Species	Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth – littleseed ricegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

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 507991.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 03:55 AM MDT