Erioneuron

woollygrass
Erioneuron pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Erioneuron
Nash
Type species
Erioneuron pilosum
(Buckley) Nash
Synonyms[1]

Trichodiclida Cerv.

Erioneuron is a genus of New World plants in the grass family native to southern North America and southern South America. They are sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Species[1]
  1. Erioneuron avenaceum (Kunth) Tateoka - shortleaf woollygrass - USA (AZ NM TX), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
  2. Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash - hairy woollygrass - USA (AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV CA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca), Argentina, Bolivia
formerly included [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Nash, George Valentine. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 143-144
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Erioneuron Nash
  4. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  5. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  6. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
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