Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Stipa kingii |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | stipa; stipa grass; steppe-grass; steppe grass; steppegrass |
| Species common name(s) | King's ptilagrostis; King's rice-grass; King's rice grass; King's ricegrass; King's mountain-rice; King's mountain rice; King ptilagrostis; King rice-grass; King rice grass; King ricegrass; King mountain-rice; King mountain rice; Sierra ptilagrostis; Sierra false needle-grass; Sierra false needlegrass; Sierran false needle-grass; Sierran false needle grass; Sierran false needlegrass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | false needle-grass, false needle grass, false needlegrass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass, mountain-rice, mountain rice are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian ricegrass, Indian rice-grass, Indian rice grass |
| Notes | King is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Kings is an error; when Sierra is used as a proper name, upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Oryzopsis kingii (Bol.) Beal; Ptilagrostis kingii (Bol.) Barkworth |
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