Eriocoma hymenoides

Indian ricegrass
Indian ricegrass growing in cryptobiotic crust at White Sands National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Eriocoma
Species:
E. hymenoides
Binomial name
Eriocoma hymenoides
(Roem. & Schult.) Rydb.
Synonyms[6]
Synonymy
  • Oryzopsis hymenoides Ricker ex Piper
  • Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult.[1](basionym)[2]
  • Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt.[1][3]
  • Oryzopsis cuspidata (Nutt.) Benth. ex Vasey[4]
  • Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth[1][5]
  • Eriocoma membranacea (Pursh) Beal 1896 not Steud. 1840
  • Fendleria rhynchelytroides Steud.
  • Milium cuspidatum (Nutt.) Spreng.
  • Oryzopsis membranacea (Pursh) Vasey
  • Stipa membranacea Pursh
  • Urachne lanata Trin.

Eriocoma hymenoides (common names: Indian ricegrass and sand rice grass) is a cool-season, perennial bunchgrass. It is native to western North America.

  1. ^ a b c "PLANTS Profile for Achnatherum hymenoides". USDA, NRCS. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ^ Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 339. 1817 [Nov 1817] "Plant Name Details for Stipa hymenoides". IPNI. Retrieved 2 December 2009. basionym of Poaceae Achnatherum hymenoides
  3. ^ Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 40. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] "Plant Name Details for Eriocoma cuspidata". IPNI. Retrieved 2 December 2009. Notes: = Oryzopsis cuspidata
  4. ^ Dept. Agric. Special Rep. 63: 23. 1883 "Plant Name Details for Oryzopsis cuspidata". IPNI. Retrieved 2 December 2009. nomenclatural synonym: Poaceae Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt.
  5. ^ Phytologia 74(1): 7 (1993) "Plant Name Details for Achnatherum hymenoides". IPNI. Retrieved 2 December 2009. Basionym: Stipa hymenoides
  6. ^ "Eriocoma hymenoides". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.