Sphenopholis
| wedgescales | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sphenopholis obtusata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Sphenopholis Kunth.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Reboulea gracilis | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.[4][5][6]
They are known generally as wedgescales.[7][8][9]
- Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
- Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
- Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
- Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
- Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of USA
- Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous USA + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
- Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA -- hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
- Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Reboulea Kunth
- ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants see §7.4, specifying that the type of a replacement name is the same as the type of the name being replaced
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Scribner, Frank Lamson. 1906. Rhodora 8(92): 142-146
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, pages 341-342 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, using name Reboulea
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, plate 84 full-page line drawing of Reboulea gracilis
- ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ The Plant List search for Sphenopholis
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps