Calamagrostis expansa

Taxobox
name = "Calamagrostis expansa"


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Calamagrostis"
species = "C. expansa"
binomial = "Calamagrostis expansa"
binomial_authority = (G.Munro ex Hillebr.) Hitchc.
synonyms =

"Calamagrostis expansa" is a species of grass in the Poaceae family known by the common name Maui reedgrass. It is native to Hawaii, where it is known only from Maui and the Island of Hawaii. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/44137/all Calamagrostis expansa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAEX USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/herbst.pdf Notes on the Grasses of Hawaii, pg 21]