Dissanthelium

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Dissanthelium
Trin.
Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
Trin.[2]
Synonyms[3][2]

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.[4][5][6][7]

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.[8]

Species[3]
  1. Dissanthelium amplivaginatum - Ancash in Peru
  2. Dissanthelium breve - Peru, Bolivia
  3. Dissanthelium brevifolium - Peru
  4. Dissanthelium californicum - California (Santa Catalina I, †San Clemente I), †Baja California (†Guadalupe I)
  5. Dissanthelium calycinum - Peru, Bolivia, Mexico
  6. Dissanthelium giganteum - Peru
  7. Dissanthelium laxifolium Swallen & Tovar - Peru, Bolivia
  8. Dissanthelium longifolium Tovar - Huánuco in Peru
  9. Dissanthelium longiligulatum Swallen & Tovar - La Paz in Bolivia
  10. Dissanthelium macusaniense (E.H.L.Krause) R.C.Foster & L.B.Sm. - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  11. Dissanthelium peruvianum - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
  12. Dissanthelium pygmaeum - Huancavelica in Peru
  13. Dissanthelium rauhii - Peru
  14. Dissanthelium trollii - La Paz in Bolivia, eastern Peru
formerly included[3]

see Poa


References

  1. ↑ 1950 illustration published in Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Dissanthelium Trin.
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1836. Linnaea 10(3): 305. in Latin
  5. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  7. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
  8. ↑ Craig Dremann. 2005. A Botanical Treasure Hunt to rediscover the formerly "extinct" grass, Dissanthelium californicum, on San Clemente Island.


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