Characteristics
Monocots
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb. ex Spreng.)P.Beauv.
BEARDED SHORTHUSK
**
**
Native
**

Classification
Citation
BRACHYELYTRUM ERECTUM (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 155. 1812.
Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808.
PENNSYLVANIA: Without data, Muhlenberg s.n. (holotype: M; isotype: PH).
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
No sources found
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Agrostis erecta
Agrostis erecta (Schreber ex Sprengel) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 264. 1824. ("1825").
BASIONYM: Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808.
Brachyelytrum aristatum
Brachyelytrum aristatum (Persoon) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 413. 1817, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Muhlenbergia aristata Persoon 1805, nom. illegit.; Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux 1803.
Brachyelytrum aristatum var. engelmannii
Brachyelytrum aristatum (Persoon) Roemer & Schultes, var. engelmannii A. Gray, Manual, ed. 5. 614. 1867.
TYPE: MISSOURI: St. Louis Co.: St. Louis, s.d., Engelmann s.n. (lectotype: GH). Lectotypified by Babel, Rhodora 45: 261. 1943.
Brachyelytrum aristosum
Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease ex Branner & Coville, Rep. (Annual) Geol. Surv. Arkansas 1888(4): 235. 1891.
BASIONYM: Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux 1803.
Brachyelytrum aristosum var. glabratum
Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease, var. glabratum Vasey, in Millspaugh, Bull. W. Virginia Agric. Exp. Sta. 24: 469. 1892.
TYPE: WEST VIRGINIA: Fayette Co.: Fayette near Nuttallburg, s.d., Nuttall s.n. (holotype: F).
Brachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. glabratum (Vasey) Koyama & Kawano, Canad. J. Bot. 42: 866. 1964.
BASIONYM: Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michaux) Trelease, var. glabratum Vasey 1892.
Brachyelytrum erectum var. septentrionale
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. septentrionale Babel, Rhodora 45: 260. 1943.
TYPE: NEW HAMPSHIRE: Strafford Co.: Durham, near Horticultural Farm, 19 Jun 1942, Babel 46 (holotype: WIS; isotypes: F, GH).
Brachyelytrum septentrionale
Brachyelytrum septentrionale (Babel) G. C. Tucker, J. Arnold Arbor. 69: 253. 1988.
BASIONYM: Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Palisot de Beauvois, var. septentionale Babel 1943.
Dilepyrum aristosum
Dilepyrum aristosum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 40. 1803.
TYPE: "Georgiae et Carolinae",
Dilepyrum erectum
Dilepyrum erectum (Schreber ex Sprengel) Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 33. 1922.
BASIONYM: Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber ex Sprengel 1807-1808.
Specimens and Distribution
Click on an Accession Number to view additional details about the specimen.
Counties listed:
Range of years during which specimens were collected:
Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
No specimens found