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Piptochaetium
Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.
Some of its species have been included in the genus Stipa by some authors.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Blackseed Needlegrass
speciesPiptochaetium avenaceum
Pinyon Ricegrass
speciesPiptochaetium fimbriatum
Florida speargrass
speciesPiptochaetium avenacioides
Pringle's Speargrass
speciesPiptochaetium pringlei
stipoid ricegrass
speciesPiptochaetium stipoides
Piptochaetium montevidense
speciesPiptochaetium montevidense
bristly needle grass
speciesPiptochaetium fuscum
Piptochaetium panicoides
speciesPiptochaetium panicoides
Piptochaetium napostaense
speciesPiptochaetium napostaense
Piptochaetium medium
speciesPiptochaetium medium
Piptochaetium virescens
speciesPiptochaetium virescens
Piptochaetium brevicalyx
speciesPiptochaetium brevicalyx
Piptochaetium seleri
speciesPiptochaetium seleri
Piptochaetium bicolor
speciesPiptochaetium bicolor
Piptochaetium angustifolium
speciesPiptochaetium angustifolium
Piptochaetium hackelii
speciesPiptochaetium hackelii
Piptochaetium tovarii
speciesPiptochaetium tovarii
Piptochaetium lasianthum
speciesPiptochaetium lasianthum
Piptochaetium ruprechtianum
speciesPiptochaetium ruprechtianum
Piptochaetium uruguense
speciesPiptochaetium uruguense
Piptochaetium sagasteguii
speciesPiptochaetium sagasteguii
Piptochaetium angolense
speciesPiptochaetium angolense
Piptochaetium hirtum
speciesPiptochaetium hirtum
Piptochaetium brachyspermum
speciesPiptochaetium brachyspermum
Piptochaetium burkartianum
speciesPiptochaetium burkartianum
Piptochaetium cabrerae
speciesPiptochaetium cabrerae
Piptochaetium cucullatum
speciesPiptochaetium cucullatum
Piptochaetium jubatum
speciesPiptochaetium jubatum
Piptochaetium palustre
speciesPiptochaetium palustre
Piptochaetium alpinum
speciesPiptochaetium alpinum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Piptochaetium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118429.