Galapagos Species Database
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Peyritschia howellii
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Peyritschia
Species
howellii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Trisetum howellii Hitchc. (GBIF, 2021; POWO, 2022)
Origin: Endemic
- Finot, V. Peterson, P.M. & Zuloaga, F. (2006) Two new combinations in Peyritschia (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae) Finot, V., Peterson, P.M. & Zuloaga, F. (2006). Two new combinations in Peyritschia (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany, 22(2), 895-903.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Peterson, P.M. Soreng, R., Romaschenko, K., Barberá, P., Quintanar, A. & Aedo, C. (2019) New combinations and new names in American Cinnagrostis, Peyritschia, and Deschampsia, and three new genera: Greeneochloa, Laegaardia, and Paramochloa (Poeae, Poaceae) Peterson, P.M., Soreng, R., Romaschenko, K., Barberá, P., Quintanar, A. & Aedo, C. (2019). New combinations and new names in American Cinnagrostis, Peyritschia, and Deschampsia, and three new genera: Greeneochloa, Laegaardia, and Paramochloa (Poeae, Poaceae). Phytoneuron, 39, 1–23.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Peyritschia howellii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20390. Accessed 5 November 2026.