Dichanthium

bluestem
Dichanthium sericeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dichanthium
Willemet
Type species
Dichanthium nodosum
Willemet
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (Willemet) Hack.
  • Lepeocercis Trin.
  • Diplasanthum Desv.
  • Gymnandropogon (Nees) Duthie
  • Eremopogon Stapf
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Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family some of which have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.[3][4][5][6]

Species[1][7]
  1. Dichanthium andringitrense - Queensland
  2. Dichanthium annulatum - Kleberg's bluestem, marvel grass - Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia; naturalised in North + South America, Crete, Canary Islands, certain Pacific Islands including Hawaii
  3. Dichanthium aristatum - Angleton bluestem - Yunnan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, India; ; naturalised in North + South America, Queensland, various islands in Indian Ocean, Pacific, + West Indies
  4. Dichanthium armatum - Gujarat
  5. Dichanthium caricosum - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
  6. Dichanthium concanense - Maharashtra
  7. Dichanthium erectum - Lesser Sunda Islands
  8. Dichanthium fecundum - New Guinea
  9. Dichanthium foulkesii - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
  10. Dichanthium foveolatum - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
  11. Dichanthium mccannii - Maharashtra
  12. Dichanthium micranthum - Oman
  13. Dichanthium mucronulatum - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
  14. Dichanthium oliganthum - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
  15. Dichanthium panchganiense - Maharashtra
  16. Dichanthium paranjpyeanum - Maharashtra
  17. Dichanthium queenslandicum - Queensland
  18. Dichanthium sericeum - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
  19. Dichanthium setosum - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
  20. Dichanthium tenue - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
  21. Dichanthium tenuiculum - Luzon
  22. Dichanthium tuberculatum - Madhya Pradesh
formerly included[1]

several species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Andropogon Bothriochloa Capillipedium Euclasta Pseudodichanthium

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
  5. ↑ Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
  6. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Dichanthium

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