Blepharidachne
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Blepharidachne is a small genus
of grasses
which are known generally as eyelashgrass or desertgrass. There are three species, all native to the Americas.
Species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grasses
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
which are known generally as eyelashgrass or desertgrass. There are three species, all native to the Americas.
Species:
- Blepharidachne benthamiana - native to ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- Blepharidachne bigelovii - native to southwestern United States and northern Mexico
- Blepharidachne hitchcockii - found in Argentina
- Blepharidachne kingiiBlepharidachne kingiiBlepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass.It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in the desert scrub and woodland of the plains.-Description:...
- native to western North America