Aristida

Translingual

Aristida adscensionis

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin arista (“awn (of grain)”) +‎ -ida

Proper noun

Aristida f

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses with three awns, known as speargrasses, needlegrasses, wiregrasses, or threeawns.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Aristidoideae - subfamily; Aristideae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Aristida adscensionis (sixweeks threeawn) - type species; for the very numerous species see Aristida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Aristida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Aristida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aristida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aristida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aristida at USDA Plants database
Aristida at Tropicos

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