Calamagrostis
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Calamagrostis-canadensis1we.jpg/220px-Calamagrostis-canadensis1we.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Published in 1763 by Michel Adanson, from Ancient Greek καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis, “a grass, probably Dactyloctenium aegyptium”), from κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) + ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “a grass, probably bermudagrass”)
Proper noun
[edit]Calamagrostis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – temperate grasses often called small reeds, reedgrasses.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- For the numerous species see
Calamagrostis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Further reading
[edit]Calamagrostis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Calamagrostis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Calamagrostis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Calamagrostis at USDA Plants database
- Calamagrostis at Grassbase
- Familles des Plantes, 1763, by Michel Adanson, vol. 2, p. 31