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Chloris virgata Sw.

pata de pájaro, feather fingergrass, feather windmill grass, showy chloris

Chloris virgata Sw. Photo: Patricia Jaramillo, Rachel Atkinson, Anne Guézou, CDF, 2006.
Chloris virgata Sw. Photo: Patricia Jaramillo, Rachel Atkinson, Anne Guézou, CDF, 2006.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Cyperales

Family
Poaceae

Genus
Chloris

Species
virgata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chloris elegans HBK, C. virgata var. elegans (Kunth) Stapf. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Abbott, I. Abbott, L.K. (1973) New distribution records of 65 plant species within the Galapagos Archipelago. Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), unpublished.
  • Cerros-Tlatilpa, R. Siqueiros, M. & Skendzic, E. (2015) El género Chloris Sw. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) en México. Acta Botánica Mexicana, 112: 95-147.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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