Andropogon gerardi

Translingual

Andropogon gerardi

Etymology

The specific epithet from New Latin Gerardi was used by the Italian botanist Fulgenzio Vitman in 1792, honoring French botanist Louis Gérard who had first described the plant.

Proper noun

Andropogon gerardi m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – big bluestem.

Hypernyms

• (species): Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Panicoideae – subfamily; Sacchareae – tribe; Andropogoninae – subtribe; Andropogon – genus

References

• Andropogon gerardi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andropogon gerardi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Andropogon gerardi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andropogon gerardi at USDA Plants database