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Stephostachys mertensii  (Roth) Zuloaga & Morrone
Taxonomic Serial No.: 796818

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Panicum mertensii Roth
  
    Panicum altissimum G. Mey.
  
    Panicum elatius Kunth
  
    Panicum equisetum Ness ex Döll
  
    Panicum megiston Schult.
  
    Panicum proximum Steud.
  
    Panicum latifolium var. altissimum Rupr.
  
    Panicum megiston f. pauciflora Hack.
  
  Common Name(s): Capim-lixa [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusStephostachys Zuloaga & Morrone  
                                  SpeciesStephostachys mertensii (Roth) Zuloaga & Morrone – Capim-lixa  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Robert J. Soreng  
  Notes: Chief Editor of the Catalogue of New World Grasses; Research Associate (Botany), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA   
  Reference for: Stephostachys mertensii    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zuloaga, Fernando O., M. Amalia Scataglini, and Osvaldo Morrone  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: A phylogenetic evaluation of Panicum sects. Agrostoidea, Megista, Prionitia and Tenera (Panicoideae, Poaceae): Two new genera, Stephostachys and Sorengia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Taxon, vol. 59, no. 5   
  Page(s): 1535-1546   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-0262   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stephostachys mertensii, Capim-lixa [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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