Chasmanthium

Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[4][5]

Woodoats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Chasmanthieae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Link[1]
Type species
Chasmanthium gracile
Synonyms[3]
  • Gouldochloa J.Valdés, Morden & S.L.Hatch

Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats.[6] One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.[4]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words χάσμα (chasma), meaning "wide opening," and ἀνθός (anthos), meaning "flower."[7]

Species[3][6][8][9][10]
  • Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones - Tamaulipas
  • Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates - Indian woodoats - central + southeastern United States (TX + FL to NE + NJ), plus isolated populations in Manitoba, Arizona, New Mexico, Nuevo León
  • Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates - slender woodoats - southeastern + south-central United States (TX + FL to NY)
  • Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates - shiny woodoats - southeastern United States (AL GA FL NC SC)
  • Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates - birdbill woodoats - southeastern United States (LA MS AL FL NC SC)

See also

References
  1. "Genus: Chasmanthium Link". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. Tropicos, Chasmanthium Link
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata.
  5. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
  6. "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  7. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780849313035.
  8. The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
  9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. "GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

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