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Patis (plant)

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Genus of grasses

Patis
Patis racemosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Patis
Ohwi, 1942
Type species
Patis coreana
Ohwi

Patis is a genus of grasses in the Stipeae tribe of the grass family, found in China, Korea, Japan, eastern Canada, and north central and eastern United States.

The name Patis, an anagram of the closely related Stipa, was assigned by Japanese botanist Jisaburo Ohwi (1905–1977) in 1942.

Species

Three species are recognized; each of them has a synonym. In each case, the alternative genus name is within the tribe Stipeae.

  • Patis coreana (Honda) Ohwi (Korean needlegrass; Stipa coreana Honda)
  • Patis obtusa (Stapf) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Piptatherum kuoi)
  • Patis racemosa (Sm.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Oryzopsis racemosa)

P. coreana and P. obusa are found in east Asia, and P. racemosa in North America.

References

  1. Kew: Plants of the World Online: Patis
  2. "Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica." (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11(3): 181. 1942).
  3. "The International Plant Names Index". Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. Zhang, Zhong‐Shuai, and Wen‐Li Chen. "The cytotaxonomy of Piptatherum kuoi (Stipeae, Poaceae)." Nordic journal of botany 36, no. 10 (2018): e01929. (doi:10.1111/njb.01929)
Taxon identifiers
Patis


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