Dichanthium

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Dichanthium
Dichanthium sericeum flowers.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe:
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Genus: Dichanthium
Willemet
Type species

Willemet
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (Willemet) Hack.
  • Diplasanthum Desv.
  • Eremopogon Stapf
  • Gymnandropogon (Nees) Duthie
  • Lepeocercis Trin.

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[]

Species include:[1][7]

  • - 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
  • - Gujarat
  • - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
  • - Maharashtra
  • - Lesser Sunda Islands
  • - New Guinea
  • - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
  • - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
  • - Maharashtra
  • - Oman
  • - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
  • - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
  • - Maharashtra
  • - Maharashtra, Karnataka
  • - Maharashtra
  • - Queensland
  • - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
  • - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
  • - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
  • - Luzon
  • - 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. ^ a b c Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
  5. ^ Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
  6. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Dichanthium

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