Torreyochloa

Torreyochloa
Torreyochloa pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Torreyochloa
G.L.Church
Type species
Torreyochloa pauciflora
(J.Presl) Church
Synonyms[1]

Puccinellia sect. Torreyochloa (G.L. Church) R.T. Clausen

Torreyochloa is a genus of North American and northeast Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3] False mannagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]

Species[5][6][7]
  1. Torreyochloa erecta (Hitchc.) Church - western USA (CA NV OR)
  2. Torreyochloa fernaldii (Hitchc.) Church - Canada (all provinces except Alberta), USA (Northeast, Great Lakes)
  3. Torreyochloa natans (Kom.) Church - Japan, Russia (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril, Primorye Sakhalin, Magadan)
  4. Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church - Japan, Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin), Canada (Yukon + all 10 provinces), USA (primarily Northeast, Great Lakes, western mountains, Alaska).
  5. Torreyochloa pauciflora (J.Presl) Church - Canada (Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta), USA (AK CO ID MT OR WA WY SD AZ CA NV UT NM)

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Torreyochloa G.L. Church
  2. ↑ Church, George Lyle. 1949. American Journal of Botany 36: 163-164
  3. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
  4. ↑ "Torreyochloa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Torreyochloa
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

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