Dissanthelium

Genus of grasses

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dissanthelium
Trin.
Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
Trin.[1]
Synonyms[3][1]
  • Poa sect. Dissanthelium (Trin.) Refulio
  • Phalaridium Nees & Meyen
  • Stenochloa Nutt.
  • Graminastrum E.H.L.Krause

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.[4][5][6][7]

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.[8]

Species[3]
formerly included[3]

see Poa

  • Dissanthelium atropidiforme - Poa atropidiformis
  • Dissanthelium patagonicum - Poa atropidiformis

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Dissanthelium Trin.
  2. ^ 1950 illustration published in Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1836. Linnaea 10(3): 305. in Latin
  5. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. ^ USDA Plants Profile
  7. ^ Grass Manual Treatment Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Craig Dremann. 2005. A Botanical Treasure Hunt to rediscover the formerly "extinct" grass, Dissanthelium californicum, on San Clemente Island.
Taxon identifiers
Dissanthelium


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