Andropogon ternarius

Translingual

Andropogon ternarius seed head

Etymology

The specific epithet ternarium (“arranged in threes”) was used by André Michaux in 1803, probably a reference to the ears (“plerisque tristachyis”) or flower stamens (“floribus triandris”) of the plant.^[1]

Proper noun

Andropogon ternarius m

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – paintbrush bluestem, a tall grass native to the southeastern US, north to New Jersey, west to Texas.

Hypernyms

(species): Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Andropogoneae - tribe; Andropogoninae - subtribe; Andropogon - genus

References

^ André Michaux (1803) Flora boreali-americana, sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, →DOI, page 57

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Andropogon ternarius at USDA Plants database
Andropogon ternarius at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Andropogon ternarius at the Catalogue of Life
Andropogon ternarius at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Andropogon+ternarius at The Plant List

[1] André Michaux (1803) Flora boreali-americana, sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, →DOI, page 57

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