Dichanthium
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| Dichanthium | |
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| File:Dichanthium sericeum flowers.jpg | |
| Dichanthium sericeum | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Dichanthium Willemet |
| Type species | |
| Dichanthium nodosum Willemet
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.[3][4][5][6]
Species
- Dichanthium andringitrense - Queensland
- Dichanthium annulatum - Kleberg's bluestem, marvel grass - Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia; naturalised in North + South America, Crete, Canary Islands, certain Pacific Islands including Hawaii
- Dichanthium aristatum - Angleton bluestem - Yunnan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, India; ; naturalised in North + South America, Queensland, various islands in Indian Ocean, Pacific, + West Indies
- Dichanthium armatum - Gujarat
- Dichanthium caricosum - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
- Dichanthium concanense - Maharashtra
- Dichanthium erectum - Lesser Sunda Islands
- Dichanthium fecundum - New Guinea
- Dichanthium foulkesii - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
- Dichanthium foveolatum - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
- Dichanthium mccannii - Maharashtra
- Dichanthium micranthum - Oman
- Dichanthium mucronulatum - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
- Dichanthium oliganthum - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
- Dichanthium panchganiense - Maharashtra
- Dichanthium pertusum - Maharashtra, Karnataka
- Dichanthium paranjpyeanum - Maharashtra
- Dichanthium queenslandicum - Queensland
- Dichanthium sericeum - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
- Dichanthium setosum - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
- Dichanthium tenue - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
- Dichanthium tenuiculum - Luzon
- Dichanthium tuberculatum - Madhya Pradesh
Former species
Several species formerly included are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including in: Andropogon, Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Euclasta, and Pseudodichanthium.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
- ↑ Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
- ↑ The Plant List search for Dichanthium
External links
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Dichanthium at Wikispecies
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Dichanthium at Wikimedia Commons
- Dichanthium at Grassbase—The World Online Grass Flora
- USDA Plants Profile for DichanthiumError: "Q2155888" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
