Dichanthium

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bluestem
Dichanthium sericeum flowers.jpg
Dichanthium sericeum
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Dichanthium

Willemet
Type species
Dichanthium nodosum
Willemet
Synonyms[1][2]

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Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family some of which have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.[3][4][5][6]

Species[1][7]

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formerly included[1]

several species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Andropogon Bothriochloa Capillipedium Euclasta Pseudodichanthium

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
  4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
  5. Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
  6. Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
  7. The Plant List search for Dichanthium

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