Dichanthelium
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Dichanthelium is genus
of plant
s of the grass family (Poaceae), often known as Rosette grass.
The genus Dichanthelium is only weakly distinguished from the genus Panicum
, and some believe it should be included in it.
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 plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s of the grass family (Poaceae), often known as Rosette grass.
The genus Dichanthelium is only weakly distinguished from the genus Panicum
Panicum
Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone...
, and some believe it should be included in it.
Species
- Dichanthelium aciculare (Desv. ex Poir.) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium acuminatumDichanthelium acuminatumDichanthelium acuminatum is a species of grass from the genus Dichanthelium, in North America.D. acuminatum forms a hybridization complex with other Dichanthelium species such as D. dichotomum, D. sphaerocarpon, D. ovale, and D. aciculare....
(Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark - Dichanthelium adenorhachis (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium aequivaginatum (Swallen) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium albomaculatum (Scribn.) Gould
- Dichanthelium angustifolium (Elliott) Gould
- Dichanthelium annulum (Ashe) LeBlond
- Dichanthelium assurgens (Renvoize) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium boscii (Poir.) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium cabrerae (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium caerulescens (Hack. ex Hitchc.) Correll
- Dichanthelium caparoense (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium chamaelonche (Trin.) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould
- Dichanthelium columbianum (Scribn.) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium commonsianum (Ashe) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium commutatum (Schult.) Gould
- Dichanthelium congestum (Renvoize) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium conjugens (Skottsb.) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium consanguineum (Kunth) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium cordovense (E. Fourn.) Davidse
- Dichanthelium cucaense (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium cumbucana (Renvoize) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium cynodon (Reichardt) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium davidsei (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium depauperatum (Muhl.) Gould
- Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould
- Dichanthelium ensifolium (Baldwin ex Elliott) Gould
- Dichanthelium erectifolium (Nash) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium forbesii (Hitchc.) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium fusiforme (Hitchc.) Harvill
- Dichanthelium hebotes (Trin.) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium heliophilum (Chase ex Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium hillebrandianum (Hitchc.) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium hirstii (Swallen) Kartesz
- Dichanthelium implicatum (Scribn.) Kerguélen
- Dichanthelium isachnoides (Munro ex Hillebrand) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium itatiaiae (Swallen) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium joori (Vasey) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium koolauense (H. St. John & Hosaka) C.A. Clark & Gould
- Dichanthelium lanuginosumDichanthelium lanuginosumDichanthelium lanuginosum is a species of grass. It grows in geothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park, USA. It is able to withstand high temperatures and high acidity in its rhizosphere. In 2007 it was found that the heat tolerance is conferred to the grass by a symbiosis between a fungus and...
(Elliott) Gould - Dichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill
- Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould
- Dichanthelium leibergii (Vasey) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium leucoblepharis (Trin.) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium leucothrix (Nash) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium lindheimeri (Nash) Gould
- Dichanthelium linearifolium (Scribn.) Gould
- Dichanthelium longiligulatum (Nash) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium lucidum (Ashe) LeBlond
- Dichanthelium macrospermum Gould
- Dichanthelium malacophyllum (Nash) Gould
- Dichanthelium mattamuskeetense (Ashe) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium meridionale (Ashe) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium microcarpon (Muhl. ex Elliott) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium nitidum (Lam.) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium nodatum (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould
- Dichanthelium nudicaule (Vasey) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin
- Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Schult.) Gould
- Dichanthelium pantrichum (Hack.) Davidse
- Dichanthelium pedicellatum (Vasey) Gould
- Dichanthelium peristypum (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium perlongum (Nash) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium petropolitanum (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium polyanthes (Schult.) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium portoricense (Desv. ex Ham.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin
- Dichanthelium pycnoclados (Tutin) Davidse
- Dichanthelium ravenelii (Scribn. & Merr.) Gould
- Dichanthelium sabulorum (Lam.) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium scabriusculum (Elliott) Gould & C.A. Clark
- Dichanthelium sciurotis (Trin.) Davidse
- Dichanthelium sciurotoides (Zuloaga & Morrone) Davidse
- Dichanthelium scoparioides (Ashe) Mohlenbr.
- Dichanthelium scoparium (Lam.) Gould
- Dichanthelium scribnerianum (Nash) Gould
- Dichanthelium sendulskyii (Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould
- Dichanthelium sphagnicola (Nash) LeBlond
- Dichanthelium spretum (Schult.) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium stigmosum (Trin.) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium stipiflorum (Renvoize) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium strigosum (Muhl. ex Elliott) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium superatum (Hack.) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium surrectum (Chase ex Zuloaga & Morrone) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium telmatum (Swallen) Zuloaga
- Dichanthelium tenue (Muhl.) Freckmann & Lelong
- Dichanthelium umbonulatum (Swallen) Davidse
- Dichanthelium villosissimum (Nash) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium viscidellum (Scribn.) Gould
- Dichanthelium wilcoxianum (Vasey) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium xalapense Kunth
- Dichanthelium xanthophysum (A. Gray) Freckmann
- Dichanthelium yadkinense (Ashe) Mohlenbr.