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Genus of grasses

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dissanthelium
Trin.
Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
Trin.
Synonyms

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

Species
formerly included

see Poa

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Dissanthelium Trin.
  2. 1950 illustration published in Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1836. Linnaea 10(3): 305. in Latin
  5. Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. USDA Plants Profile
  7. Grass Manual Treatment Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Craig Dremann. 2005. A Botanical Treasure Hunt to rediscover the formerly "extinct" grass, Dissanthelium californicum, on San Clemente Island.
Taxon identifiers
Dissanthelium


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