Dissanthelium

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Dissanthelium Trin.
Species
16-20 - See text

Dissanthelium is a genus of grasses native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America. One of the two species native to North America, the California dissanthelium, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

Other species include:

• Dissanthelium amplivaginatum
• Dissanthelium giganteum
• Dissanthelium mathewsii
• Dissanthelium peruvianum
• Dissanthelium rauhii
• Dissanthelium trollii

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Grass Manual Treatment

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