Dichanthium

Dichanthium
Dichanthium
Dichanthium aristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dichanthium
Willem.

Dichanthium, also known as bluestem, is a genus of annual or perennial grass in the Poaceae family, found in Africa, temperate and tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific islands, and North America and South America. It includes 59 species.

Selected species

  • Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
  • Dichanthium aristatum (Poir.) C.E. Hubbard
  • Dichanthium bladhii (Retz.) Clayton
  • Dichanthium ischaemum (L.) Roberty, synonym of Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng var. ischaemum
  • Dichanthium sericeum (R. Br.) A. Camus
  • Dichanthium tenue (R. Br.) A. Camus
  • Dichanthium tenuiculum (Steud.) S.T. Blake

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