Species: Piptatherum exiguum
Little Ricegrass
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Piptatherum
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Piptatherum - Accepted as Piptatherum exiguum (Thurb.) Barkworth, comb. nov. in Kartesz (1999). According to the International Plant Name Index (August 2004), Piptatherum exiguum was published, but by Dorn in Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, ed. 3. 377 (2001).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1998-05-19
Global Status Last Changed
1988-02-24
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Western North America from Colorado to Utah, Nevada, and California north to Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, to British Columbia and Alberta; in Nevada, White Pine, Nye, and Elko Counties (Kartesz, 1988). In Utah, occurs in six counties (Welsh, 1993).