Dissanthelium

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.[4][5][6][7]

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Genus:
Dissanthelium

Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
Synonyms[3][2]

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.[8]

Species[3]
formerly included[3]

see Poa

  • Dissanthelium atropidiforme - Poa atropidiformis
  • Dissanthelium patagonicum - Poa atropidiformis

References
  1. 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.
  2. Tropicos, Dissanthelium Trin.
  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.


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