Chasmanthium

Chasmanthium latifolium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Chasmanthieae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Species: C. curvifolium – C. latifolium – C. laxum – C. nitidum – C. ornithorhynchum

Name

Chasmanthium Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 159 (1827)

• Type species: Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates, S. W. Naturalist 11: 433 (1966)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Gouldochloa Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch, Syst. Bot. 11: 112 (1986)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: Austria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, J.H.F. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Chasmanthium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Chasmanthium. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Chasmanthium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Chasmanthium. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Woodoats
suomi: Nuokkutähkät
മലയാളം: ചസ്മന്തിയം
中文: 林燕麦属

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