Cinna (genus)

woodreeds
Cinna arundinacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Cinna
L.[1]
Type species
Cinna arundinacea
L.
Synonyms[2]
  • Blyttia Fr. 1839, illegitimate homonym not Arn. 1838 nor Endl. 1840
  • Cinnastrum E.Fourn.

Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.[3][4][5]

Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]

Species[2][8]
  1. Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern + central USA
  2. Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa Cos)
  3. Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan + Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern + western USA
  4. Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
formerly included[2]

species now considered better suite to other genera: Agrostis Andropogon Arctagrostis Calamagrostis Dichelachne Echinopogon Limnodea Muhlenbergia Pogonatherum Sporobolus

See also

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 5
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Grass Manual Account
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 363 单蕊草属 dan rui cao shu Cinna Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 5. 1753.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
  6. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  7. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Cinna
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