A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

718 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 10, 246, 299.
Aristida gyrans Chapm., Bot. Gaz. 3: 18. 1878.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and southeastern United States.
References: 3, 30, 150, 156, 299.
Aristida gyrans sensu Britton & Millsp. = Aristida vilfifolia Henrard
Aristida jaucensis Catasús, Novosti Sist. Vyzsh. Rast. 21: 22. 1984.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 9, 10, 299.
Aristida laevigata Hitchc. & Ekman, N. Amer. Fl. 17(5): 390. 1935.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 10, 246, 299.
Aristida maritima Steud. = Aristida adscensionis L.
Aristida mohrii Nash, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 436. 1900.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, and United States.
References: 30, 151, 156, 299.
Aristida mohrii sensu Hitchcock = Aristida neglecta León
Aristida neglecta León, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 567. 1924.
Aristida mohrii sensu Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 236.
1909, non Nash.
Aristida neglecta León subsp. decumbens Catasús, Bot. Zhurn.
(Moscow & Leningrad) 69(6): 874. 1984.
Aristopsis bissei Catasús, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 16: 440. 1981.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and
Hispaniola.
Common Name: Espartillo de cuabal (Cuba).
References: 3, 5, 10, 151, 246, 299.
Aristida neglecta León subsp. decumbens Catasús = Aristida neglecta León
Aristida pinifolia Catasús, Novosti Sist. Vyzsh. Rast. 20: 7. 1983.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 10, 151, 299.
Aristida portoricensis Pilg. in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 100. 1903.
Distribution: Endemic to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (Tortola).
Common Names: Matojo de las mesas, Pelos del diablo (Puerto Rico).
References: 61, 131, 246, 299, 633.
Note: Considered endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Aristida pradana León ex Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53: 458. 1926.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 9, 10, 246, 299, 320.
Aristida purpurascens Poir. in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. Suppl. 1.
452. 1811.
Aristida affinis (Schult.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 61. 1829.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, United States, Mexico, and Central
America.
References: 3, 151, 299.
Aristida purpurea Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 145. 1837,
var. purpurea.
Aristida eggersii Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 560. 1924.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, United States, and Mexico.
References: 3, 9, 10, 151, 246, 254, 299.
Aristida refracta Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. 228. 1866.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba, Jamaica,
Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
Common Names: Saetilla, Saetía, Pelo de burro (Cuba).
References: 2, 3, 5, 10, 61, 246, 254, 299, 320.
Aristida rosei Hitchc., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 584. 1924.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and Hispaniola.
References: 3, 5, 151, 156, 246, 299.
Aristida sandinensis Catasús, Novosti Sist. Vyzsh. Rast. 21: 22. 1984.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 9, 10, 299.
Aristida spiciformis Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1(2): 141. 1816,
var. spiciformis
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and United States.
References: 3, 10, 61, 246, 299.
Aristida spiciformis Elliott var. antillarum Catasús, Bot. Zhurn.
(Moscow & Leningrad) 69(6): 874. 1984.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and Puerto
Rico.
References: 3, 10, 299.
Note: Probably occurs in Puerto Rico as well, fide Catasús (10).
Aristida stricta sensu Griseb. = Bouteloua americana (L.) Scribn.
Aristida subbiflora Steud. = Bouteloua americana (L.) Scribn.
Aristida suringarii Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 54B: 616. 1928.
Distribution: Native to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix), Lesser
Antilles (St. Eustatius), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Venezuela.
References: 151, 254, 299, 479.
Aristida swartziana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 137. 1854.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Lesser Antilles (Antigua), Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
References: 1, 2, 5, 246, 299, 479.
Aristida ternipes Cav., Icon. 5: 46. 1799, var. ternipes
Aristida ternipes Cav. var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc., J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
23: 453. 1933.
Streptachne cubensis A. Rich. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot.
11: 311. 1850.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Curaçao, United
States, Mexico, and South America.
Common Name: Spider grass (Bahamas).
References: 3, 5, 10, 45, 246, 299.
Aristida ternipes Cav. var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc. = Aristida ternipes
Cav. var. ternipes
Aristida vilfifolia Henrard, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 54B: 671. 1928.
Aristida gyrans sensu Britton & Millsp., Bahama Fl. 31. 1920, non Chapm.
Aristopsis balatovae Catasús, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 16: 440. 1981.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Bahamas, Cuba, and
Hispaniola.
References: 3, 10, 45, 61, 246, 299.
Aristopsis balatovae Catasús = Aristida vilfifolia Henrard
Aristopsis bissei Catasús = Aristida neglecta León
Arthraxon castratus (Griff.) V. Naray. ex Bor, Fl. Assam 5: 376. 1940.
Distribution: Exotic in Puerto Rico; native to Asia, southeast Asia, and
Australia.
References: 151, 252, 299.
Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 214.
1912, var. hispidus
Arthraxon quartinianus (A. Rich.) Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17(2): 99. 1912.
Distribution: Exotic in Jamaica and Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe);
native to Asia, Malesia, and Australia.
References: 1, 2, 151, 159, 246, 299.
Arthraxon quartinianus (A. Rich.) Nash = Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.)
Makino
Arthropogon stipitatus Hack. = Achlaena piptostachya Griseb.
Arthrostylidium angustifolium Nash, Torreya 3: 172. 1903.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 10, 156, 246, 297.