Scolochloa

Scolochloa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, Scolochloa festucacea. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species.[3] Scolochloa festucacea grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America.[4][5][6][7][8][1][9] Its culms are erect and 100–150 centimetres (39–59 in) in height; its leaf blades are 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide.

Scolochloa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Scolochloinae
Genus: Scolochloa
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Species:
S. festucacea
Binomial name
Scolochloa festucacea
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Graphephorum sect. Scolochloa (Link) Benth. & Hook. f.
  • Arundo festucacea Willd.
  • Donax festucaceus (Willd.) P.Beauv.
  • Triodia festucacea (Willd.) Roth
  • Graphephorum festucaceum (Willd.) A.Gray
  • Sieglingia festucacea (Willd.) Jess.
  • Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc.
  • Schedonorus arundinaceus Roem. & Schult.
  • Donax borealis Trin.
  • Festuca borealis (Trin.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  • Festuca donacina Wahlenb.
  • Fluminia arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr.
  • Graphephorum arundinaceum (Roem. & Schult.) Asch.
  • Scolochloa marchica M.Duvel, Ristow, H.Scholz

The genus formerly included a second species, Scolochloa arundinacea, which is now placed in the genus Arundo as Arundo donax.[1]

References
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  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, Scolochloa Link
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scolochloa festucacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 136
  5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 244 水茅属 shui mao shu Scolochloa Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 136. 1827.
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  7. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  8. GBIF entry
  9. Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul


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