Anthoxanthum
Anthoxanthum, the vernal grasses or vernalgrasses, is a large genus of true grass with a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
A. odoratum is a common species of acidic grassland and bogs in northern Europe.
The genus Hierochloe is included in Anthoxanthum by some recent authors.[2]
Selected species
- Anthoxanthum aethiopicum
- Anthoxanthum amarum
- Anthoxanthum alpinum
- Anthoxanthum aristatum
- Anthoxanthum borii
- Anthoxanthum dregeanum
- Anthoxanthum ecklonii
- Anthoxanthum gracila
- Anthoxanthum hookeri
- Anthoxanthum horsfieldii
- Anthoxanthum japonicum
- Anthoxanthum madagascariense
- Anthoxanthum nivale
- Anthoxanthum odoratum
- Anthoxanthum ovatum
- Anthoxanthum pallidum
- Anthoxanthum sikkimense
- Anthoxanthum tongo
See also
References
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/anthoxan.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. ISBN 978-0-901158-420.
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