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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Achnatherum P. Beauv.

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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  Achnatherum P. Beauv. – needlegrass P
 
Contains 37 Species and 41 accepted taxa overall
 
Down one level
 
Species  Achnatherum aridum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth – Mormon needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum ×bloomeri (Bol.) Barkworth P
Species  Achnatherum brachychaetum (Godr.) Barkworth – shortbristled needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum bromoides (L.) P. Beauv. P
Species  Achnatherum calamagrostis (L.) P. Beauv. P
Species  Achnatherum capense (Thunb.) P. Beauv. – Cape ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum caragana (Trin.) Nevski P
Species  Achnatherum caudatum (Trin.) S.L.W. Jacobs & J. Everett – Chilean ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum clandestinum (Hack.) Barkworth – Mexican ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum contractum (B.L. Johnson) Barkworth – contracted ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum coronatum (Thurb.) Barkworth – giant ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum curvifolium (Swallen) Barkworth – Guadalupe ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum diegoense (Swallen) Barkworth – San Diego needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum eminens (Cav.) Barkworth – southwestern needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum hendersonii (Vasey) Barkworth – Henderson's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth – Indian ricegrass P
Species  Achnatherum latiglume (Swallen) Barkworth – Sierra needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum lemmonii (Vasey) Barkworth – Lemmon's needlegrass P
Variety  Achnatherum lemmonii (Vasey) Barkworth var. lemmonii – Lemmon's needlegrass P
Variety  Achnatherum lemmonii (Vasey) Barkworth var. pubescens (Crampton) Barkworth – pubescent Lemmon's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum lettermanii (Vasey) Barkworth – Letterman's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum lobatum (Swallen) Barkworth – littleawn needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth – Columbia needlegrass P
Subspecies  Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. dorei (Barkworth & Maze) Barkworth – Dore's needlegrass P
Subspecies  Achnatherum nelsonii (Scribn.) Barkworth ssp. nelsonii – Columbia needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum nevadense (B.L. Johnson) Barkworth – Nevada needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth – western needlegrass P
Subspecies  Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. californicum (Merr. & Burtt Davy) Barkworth – California needlegrass P
Subspecies  Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. occidentale – western needlegrass P
Subspecies  Achnatherum occidentale (Thurb.) Barkworth ssp. pubescens (Vasey) Barkworth – pubescent western needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum parishii (Vasey) Barkworth – Parish's needlegrass P
Variety  Achnatherum parishii (Vasey) Barkworth var. depauperatum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth – little Parish's needlegrass P
Variety  Achnatherum parishii (Vasey) Barkworth var. parishii – Parish's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum pekinense (Hance) Ohwi P
Species  Achnatherum perplexum Hoge & Barkworth – New Mexico needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum pinetorum (M.E. Jones) Barkworth – pine needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum richardsonii (Link) Barkworth – Richardson's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum robustum (Vasey) Barkworth – sleepygrass P
Species  Achnatherum scribneri (Vasey) Barkworth – Scribner needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum speciosum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth – desert needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum splendens (Trin.) Nevski P
Species  Achnatherum stillmanii (Bol.) Barkworth – Stillman's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum swallenii (C.L. Hitchc. & Spellenb.) Barkworth – Swallen's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum thurberianum (Piper) Barkworth – Thurber's needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum wallowaensis Maze & K.A. Robson – Wallowa needlegrass P
Species  Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth – Webber needlegrass P

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