Aristida ternipes Cav. ternipes (Icon. 5: 46. 1799.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Espartillo (Cuba), Spider grass (Bahamas),
Synonyms: Aristida ternipes Cav. var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc. (J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 453. 1933.), Streptachne cubensis A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 311. 1850.),
Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i-ii], 1-259. 3). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 4). Hitchcock, A.S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies. U.S.D.A. Miscellaneous Publication No. 243. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662.
Last edited 24 Apr 12