Piptatherum

Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.[4][5]

Piptatherum
Piptatherum paradoxum
Scientific classification
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.[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Urachne Trin.
  • Oryzopsis sect. Piptatherum (P.Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Urachne subg. Piptatherum (P.Beauv.) Trin. & Rupr.

They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Species[2][12]
  • 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 miliaceum
  • Piptatherum molinioides
  • Piptatherum munroi
  • Piptatherum pamiralaicum
  • Piptatherum paradoxum
  • Piptatherum platyanthum
  • Piptatherum pungens
  • Piptatherum purpurascens
  • Piptatherum rechingeri
  • Piptatherum roshevitsianum
  • Piptatherum sogdianum
  • Piptatherum songaricum
  • Piptatherum tibeticum
  • Piptatherum virescens
formerly included[2]

see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa

References
  1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 156 (1920)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Tropicos, Piptatherum P.Beauv.
  4. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 17-18 in Latin
  5. 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)
  6. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 落芒草属 luo mang cao shu Piptatherum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 17. 1812.
  7. Flora of Pakistan
  8. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Piptatherum
  9. Jepson Manual Treatment
  10. USDA Plants Profile
  11. "Grass Manual Treatment". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  12. The Plant List search for Piptatherum
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