Piptatherum

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

Piptatherum
Piptatherum paradoxum
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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 racemosum
  • 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

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