Chasmanthium

woodoats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Chasmanthieae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Link[1]
Type species
Chasmanthium gracile
(Michx.) Link[2]
Synonyms[3]

Gouldochloa J.Valdés, Morden & S.L.Hatch

Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[4][5]

Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats.[6] One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.[4]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words χάσμα (chasma), meaning "wide opening," and ἀνθός (anthos), meaning "flower."[7]

Species[3][8][9][6][10]
  1. Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones - Tamaulipas
  2. Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates - Indian Woodoats - central + southeastern USA (TX + FL to NE + NJ), plus isolated populations in Manitoba, Arizona, New Mexico, Nuevo León
  3. Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates - Slender Woodoats - southeastern + south-central USA (TX + FL to NY)
  4. Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates - Shiny Woodoats - southeastern USA (AL GA FL NC SC)
  5. Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates - Birdbill Woodoats - southeastern USA (LA MS AL FL NC SC)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Chasmanthium Link". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Chasmanthium Link
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata.
  5. ↑ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
  6. 1 2 "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  7. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780849313035.
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

External links

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