Alopecurus vaginatus

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Alopecurus vaginatus (Willd.) Pall. ex Kunth

Poaceae

Life form: grass

 

Leaf arrangement: not specified
Leaves: decidious

Leaf shape: linear

Leaf division: simple

Flower shape: not specified
Fruit: not specified

 

Inflorescence: spike

Flowers: not specified
Flower habit: not specified

Growth form: not specified

Taxonomy

Divisio:
Magnoliophyta
Subdivisio:
Magnoliophytina
Classis:
Liliopsida
Subclassis:
Commelinidae
Superordo:
Poanae
Ordo:
Poales
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Alopecurus vaginatus is a grass.

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[edit] Naming

Alopecurus vaginatus was already described and the name validly published by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow. It was not until 1792, however, that Karl Sigismund Kunth reclassified it into todays valid botanical systematics based on a prior description by Peter Simon von Pallas.

[edit] Taxonomy

Alopecurus vaginatus is a species in the genus Alopecurus (foxtail grass) which contains 36 species and belongs to the family of the Poaceae (Grass Family).

[edit] Characteristics

[edit] Growth

[edit] Wood and Bark

[edit] Leaves

Alopecurus vaginatus is a decidious plant with simple leaves. They are linear.


[edit] Flowers and Fruit

The flowers are arranged in spikes.


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[edit] Distribution

[edit] Cultivation

[edit] Uses

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[edit] Varities and Cultivars

[edit] Poisonousness

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[edit] Pests and Diseases

[edit] Man and Alopecurus vaginatus

[edit] History

[edit] Alopecurus vaginatus in art

[edit] Symbolism

[edit] Superstition

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