Beckmannia
Encyclopedia
Beckmannia is a small genus
of grasses
containing two species known generally as sloughgrass. Beckmannia eruciformis
is a Eurasian perennial, and Beckmannia syzigachne
is an annual grass found in North America and Asia. The genus was named for the German scientist Johann Beckmann
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grasses
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
containing two species known generally as sloughgrass. Beckmannia eruciformis
Beckmannia eruciformis
Beckmannia eruciformis is an annual or short lived perennial in the Poaceae family found in shallow marshes or sloughs, and used for animal fodder and forage.-Distribution:...
is a Eurasian perennial, and Beckmannia syzigachne
Beckmannia syzigachne
Beckmannia syzigachne, American sloughgrass, slough grass, is an annual or short lived perennial bunchgrass in the Poaceae family found in shallow marshes or sloughs....
is an annual grass found in North America and Asia. The genus was named for the German scientist Johann Beckmann
Johann Beckmann
Johann Beckmann was a German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject....
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