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Phleum pratense
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species of grass
OverviewAI-generated
Phleum pratense, commonly known as meadow catstail or common timothy, is a species of plant in the family Poaceae. It belongs to the genus Phleum and is classified within the order Poales. The species is a perennial useful plant with a caryopsis fruit type. Its scientific name is cited as (Boeckeler) Soják.
The taxon range includes Shanghai, Beijing, China, and Xinjiang. It has been recorded as invasive in Shanghai. The plant is used as fodder and a medicinal plant. According to the IUCN Red List, its conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2011. Occurrence records are held by institutions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Species
Least Concerncommon timothy
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
猫尾草（学名：Phleum pratense）又叫梯牧草、提摩草、提摩西草（Timothy-grass），是一种多年生禾本科植物，原产于除地中海地区外的欧洲大部分地方。猫尾草生长高度约50至150厘米，叶可长达45厘米、宽达1厘米，花连带密集的小穗有7至15厘米长、8至10毫米宽。猫尾草常与狐尾草（Alopecurus pratensis）、假梯牧草（Phleum phleoides）相混淆。猫尾草大概是根据提摩西·汉森（Timothy Hanson）的名字命名的，据说他在18世纪将猫尾草从新英格兰引入到美国南部各州。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13,017
- With media
- 9,281
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, IB-CUCBA-UDG, CP, QUE
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- perennial plant
- Parent taxon
- Phleum
- Image
- Phleum pratense - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 243-2024.tif
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Phleum pratense
- Commons category
- Phleum pratense
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- Phleum pratense
- taxon common name
- 催产草
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- has fruit type
- caryopsis
- invasive to
- Shanghai
- taxon range
- China
- short name
- P. pratense
- taxon author citation
- (Boeckeler) Soják
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Encyclopedic overview
Timothy (Phleum pratense) is a species of perennial grass native to most of Europe and northern and western Asia. It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's-tail. It is a member of the genus Phleum, which consists of 17 species of annual and perennial grasses.
It is probably named after Timothy Hanson, a British farmer and agriculturalist said to have introduced it from New England to the southern United States in the early 18th century. Upon his recommendation it became a major source of hay and cattle fodder to British farmers in the mid-18th century.
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