Characteristics
Monocots
Aristida longespica Poir. var. geniculata (Raf.)Fernald
RED THREEAWN
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Cerros-Tlatilpa et al. (2011) found this variety to be more related to A. dichotoma var. curtissii than A. longespica var. longespica.
Native
Citation
ARISTIDA LONGESPICA Poiret, var. GENICULATA (Rafinesque) Fernald, Rhodora 35: 318. 1933.
Aristida geniculata Rafinesque 1817.
NEW YORK: Nassau Co.[?]: "on the Hempstead plains, and on the seashore near Oyster Bay, Gravesend, etc., on Long Island", s.d., Rafinesque s.n. (lectotype: G; isotype: CHARL). Lectotypified by Merrill, Circ. Div. Agrostol., U.S.D.A.. 29: 10. 1901.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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