Chasmanthium

Chasmanthium
Chasmanthium
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Centothecoideae[1]
Tribe: Centotheceae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Link[2]
Species

About six; see text

Chasmanthium is a genus of half a dozen species[3] of grasses native to the eastern United States and Northern Mexico. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats.[4] One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.[3]

Contents

Species

  • Chasmanthium curvifolium
  • Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates – Indian Woodoats
  • Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates – Slender Woodoats
  • Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates – Shiny Woodoats
  • Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates – Birdbill Woodoats
  • Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates – Longleaf Woodoats[5][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Aliscioni, S. S.; Giussani, L. M.; Zuloaga, F. O.; Kellogg, E. A. (2003). "A molecular phylogeny of Panicum (Poaceae: Paniceae): tests of monophyly and phylogenetic placement within the Panicoideae". American Journal of Botany 90 (5): 796–821. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.5.796. PMID 21659176. 
  2. ^ "Genus: Chasmanthium Link". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2420. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
  3. ^ a b Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata. http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/chas_lat.cfm. 
  4. ^ a b "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=41546. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
  5. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2420. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 

External links

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