Piptatherum
Piptatherum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | |
Tribe: | Stipeae |
Genus: | Piptatherum P.Beauv. |
Type species | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.[4][5]
They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
- formerly included[2]
see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 156 (1920)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Piptatherum P.Beauv.
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 17-18 in Latin
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate V(5), figures X (10 a-k) line drawings of Piptatherum coerulescens (captions on caption page 5)
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 落芒草属 luo mang cao shu Piptatherum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 17. 1812.
- ^ Flora of Pakistan
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Piptatherum
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ "Grass Manual Treatment". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ^ The Plant List search for Piptatherum
Categories:
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of Africa
- Grasses of Asia
- Grasses of Europe
- Grasses of North America
- Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois
- Pooideae