Piptochaetium
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| Piptochaetium | |
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| Piptochaetium sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Piptochaetium J.Presl |
| Species | |
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About 35 | |
Piptochaetium is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. It is a bunchgrass genus in the Stipeae tribe. Most species occur in South America.[1]
Some of its species were formerly in the genus Stipa.
Species
Piptochaetium has around 35 species, including:[2][3]
- Piptochaetium avenaceum (formerly Stipa avenacea) — black oatgrass, blackseed needlegrass
- Piptochaetium avenacioides - Florida speargrass
- Piptochaetium bicolor
- Piptochaetium fimbriatum - pinyon ricegrass
- Piptochaetium hackelii
- Piptochaetium lasianthum
- Piptochaetium laterale
- Piptochaetium lejopodum
- Piptochaetium montevidense - Uruguayan ricegrass
- Piptochaetium napostaense
- Piptochaetium panicoides
- Piptochaetium pringlei - Pringle's speargrass
- Piptochaetium ruprechtianum
- Piptochaetium setosum - bristly speargrass
- Piptochaetium stipoides - purple speargrass
- Piptochaetium verruculosum
References
- ↑ Clayton, W. D., et al. (2006 onwards). Piptochaetium. GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
- ↑ Piptochaetium, North American species. USDA PLANTS Profile.
- ↑ Piptochaetium. Germplasm Resources Information Network.
External links
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