Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.[4][5][6][7]
| Dissanthelium | |
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| Dissanthelium californicum[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Dissanthelium Trin. |
| Type species | |
| Dissanthelium supinum | |
| Synonyms[3][1] | |
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The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.[8]
- Species[3]
- Dissanthelium amplivaginatum - Ancash in Peru
- Dissanthelium breve - Peru, Bolivia
- Dissanthelium brevifolium - Peru
- Dissanthelium californicum - California (Santa Catalina I, †San Clemente I), †Baja California (†Guadalupe I)
- Dissanthelium calycinum - Peru, Bolivia, Mexico
- Dissanthelium giganteum - Peru
- Dissanthelium laxifolium Swallen & Tovar - Peru, Bolivia
- Dissanthelium longifolium Tovar - Huánuco in Peru
- Dissanthelium longiligulatum Swallen & Tovar - La Paz in Bolivia
- Dissanthelium macusaniense (E.H.L.Krause) R.C.Foster & L.B.Sm. - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
- Dissanthelium peruvianum - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
- Dissanthelium pygmaeum - Huancavelica in Peru
- Dissanthelium rauhii - Peru
- Dissanthelium trollii - La Paz in Bolivia, eastern Peru
- formerly included[3]
see Poa
- Dissanthelium atropidiforme - Poa atropidiformis
- Dissanthelium patagonicum - Poa atropidiformis
References
edit- ^ a b Tropicos, Dissanthelium Trin.
- ^ 1950 illustration published in Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1836. Linnaea 10(3): 305. in Latin
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Grass Manual Treatment Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Craig Dremann. 2005. A Botanical Treasure Hunt to rediscover the formerly "extinct" grass, Dissanthelium californicum, on San Clemente Island.