Chascolytrum

Chascolytrum subaristatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Calothecinae
Genus: Chascolytrum
Species: C. altimontanum – C. erectum – C. lamarckianum – C. neobulbosum – C. paleapiliferum – C. scabrum – C. subaristatum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chascolytrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 23. Reference page.

Name

Chascolytrum Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810.

• Type species: Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810. – Lectotype, vide Matthei (1975), p. 67.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cascoelytrum Desv. ex P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 85. 1812, orth. var., pro syn.
  • Briza sect. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3(2): 1195. 1883.
  • Briza subg. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Parodi, Revista Fac. Agron. Veterin. 3: 120. 1920.

• Heterotypic
  • Cascoelytrum P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 85 (1812), not validly publ.
  • Gymnachne Parodi, Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 3(17): 29. 1938.
    • Type species: Gymnachne jaffuelii Parodi, Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 3(17): 30. 1938.

• Misapplied names
  • Briza sensu auct., p.p. – non Briza L., Sp. Pl. 1: 70. 1753. – Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 32. 1754.

References

Primary references

• Desv., 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190.

Additional references

• Nicora, E.G. & Rúgolo de Agrasar, Z.E. 1981. Los géneros sudamericanos afines a Briza L. (Gramineae). Darwiniana 23: 279–309. JSTOR Reference page.  (as Briza p.p., Calotheca, Microbriza, Rhomboelytrum, and Poidium)
• Essi, L., Longhi-Wagner, H.M. & Souza-Chies, T.T. de. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the Briza complex (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1018–1029. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.007 Reference page. 
• Essi, L., Longhi Wagner, H.M. & Souza Chies, T.T. de. 2011. New combinations within the Briza complex (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae). Novon 21: 326–330. DOI: 10.3417/2010026 BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Da Silva, L.N., Essi, L., Iganci, J.R.V. & Souza-Chies, T.T.D. 2020. Advances in the phylogeny of the South American cool-season grass genus Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae): A new infrageneric classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 97-120. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz046 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• da Silva, L.N., Saarela, J.M., Essi, L. & de Souza‐Chies, T.T. 2021. A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): Evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(3): 691-712. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12750 Reference page. 
• Matthei, O. 1975. Der Briza-Komplex in Südamerika: Briza, Calotheca, Chascolytrum, Poidium (Gramineae). Eine Revision. Willdenowia, Beiheft 8: 1–168. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Romaschenko, K., Clark, L.G., Teisher, J.K., Gillespie, L.J., Barberá, P., Welker, C.A., Kellogg, E.A., Li, D.Z. & Davidse, G. 2022. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(3): 476–521. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12847 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Chascolytrum. Published online. Accessed: 29 March 2023. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chascolytrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 29. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chascolytrum.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chascolytrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-03-29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Chascolytrum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 40006230. 29. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: March 2019 40006230. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Chascolytrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Chascolytrum in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Poidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Chascolytrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Chascolytrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Chascolytrum in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 29 March 2019.
• Chascolytrum in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 29 March 2019.

Vernacular names

• മലയാളം: ചസ്കോലിട്രം
• 中文: 张穗草属

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