| Piptatherum | |
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| Piptatherum paradoxum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Stipodae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Piptatherum P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Piptatherum coerulescens (Desf.) P.Beauv. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.
They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.
- Species
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Piptatherum alpestre
- Piptatherum angustifolium
- Piptatherum baluchistanicum
- Piptatherum barbellatum
- Piptatherum blancheanum
- Piptatherum canadense
- Piptatherum coerulescens
- Piptatherum ferganense
- Piptatherum flaccidum
- Piptatherum gracile
- Piptatherum grandispiculum
- Piptatherum grigorjevii
- Piptatherum hilariae
- Piptatherum holciforme
- Piptatherum kopetdagense
- Piptatherum kuoi
- Piptatherum laterale
- Piptatherum latifolium
- Piptatherum micranthum
- Piptatherum microcarpum
- Piptatherum molinioides
- Piptatherum munroi
- Piptatherum pamiralaicum
- Piptatherum paradoxum
- Piptatherum platyanthum
- Piptatherum pungens
- Piptatherum purpurascens
- Piptatherum racemosum
- Piptatherum rechingeri
- Piptatherum roshevitsianum
- Piptatherum sogdianum
- Piptatherum songaricum
- Piptatherum tibeticum
- Piptatherum virescens
- formerly included
see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa
References
- lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 156 (1920)
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Tropicos, Piptatherum P.Beauv.
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 17-18 in Latin
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate V(5), figures X (10 a-k) line drawings of Piptatherum coerulescens (captions on caption page 5)
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 落芒草属 luo mang cao shu Piptatherum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 17. 1812.
- Flora of Pakistan
- Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Piptatherum
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- "Grass Manual Treatment". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- The Plant List search for Piptatherum