Andropogon ternarius

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Translingual

Andropogon ternarius seed head

Etymology

The specific epithet ternarium (arranged in threes) was used by André Michaux in 1803, probably a reference to the ears (“plerisque tristachyis”) or flower stamens (“floribus triandris”) of the plant.[1]

Proper noun

Andropogon ternarius m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – paintbrush bluestem, a tall grass native to the southeastern US, north to New Jersey, west to Texas.

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References

  1. ^ André Michaux (1803) Flora boreali-americana, sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux (in Latin), volume 1, →DOI, page 57

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