PLANTS Profile for Apera (silkybent)

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PLANTS Profile

Apera Adans.
silkybent

Symbol:

APERA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

Images:
Apera Adans.

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Distribution:
Apera Adans.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Apera Adans.

View 338 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Apera interrupta
dense silkybent

Apera spica-venti
loose silkybent

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Apera Adans.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Apera Adans. – silkybent

More Accounts and Images:
Apera Adans.

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41397.

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

Related Web Sites:
Apera Adans.

Utah State Intermountain Herbarium-Interactive Identification Keys

Time Generated: 11/01/2008 10:13 PM MDT