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]
  • Reboulea Kunth 1830, illegitimate name not Reboulia Raddi 1818
  • Colobanthus (Trin.) Spach 1841, illegitimate name not Bartl. 1830
  • Trisetum unranked Colobanthus Trin.

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]

Species[3][10][11]
  1. Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
  2. Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
  3. Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
  4. Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
  5. Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of USA
  6. Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous USA + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
  7. Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA -- hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
  8. Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Reboulea Kunth
  2. ↑ 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. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Scribner, Frank Lamson. 1906. Rhodora 8(92): 142-146
  5. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, pages 341-342 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French, using name Reboulea
  6. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, plate 84 full-page line drawing of Reboulea gracilis
  7. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment
  8. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  9. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  10. ↑ The Plant List search for Sphenopholis
  11. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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