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Burrograss
''Scleropogon'' is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of Poaceae, grass which includes the sole species ''Scleropogon brevifolius'', or burrograss. This grass is found in two areas of the world, in North America from the southwestern United States to central Mexico and in South America in Chile and Argentina. This is a perennial mat-forming grass with sharp, tufted leaves and firm Awn (botany), awns. This grass may be Monoicous, dioecious, with Stamen, staminate and Carpel, pistillate plants growing in separate colonies. References External links Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileGrass Manual Treatment Grasses of Argentina Grasses of Mexico Grasses of the United States Native grasses of California Flora of South America Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the California desert regions Flora without expected TNC conservation status Plants described in 1880 Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi {{Chloridoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Armando Philippi
Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi rumwiede to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi añados. Early life Philippi was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin to Johann Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi, a Prussian government auditor, and his third wife Maria Anna Krumwiede (m. 1806). The father had five children from two earlier marriages and Philippi was the eldest from the third marriage. In 1818, Philippi, his younger brother Bernhard Eunom (1811–1852) and their mother went to Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, where they were educated at the Pestalozzian Institute founded by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827). The teaching included the use o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |