Graphephorum

Graphephorum
Graphephorum melicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus:
Desv. 1810 not Honda 1934
Type species
Graphephorum melicoides
(Michx.) Desv.
Synonyms[1]
  • Trisetum subsect. Graphephorum (Desv.) Louis-Marie

Graphephorum is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Species

Seven species are currently accepted.[4][5]

  • Graphephorum ambiguum (Rúgolo & Nicora) Barberá & Quintanar – southern Chile and southern Argentina
  • Graphephorum canescens (Buckley) Röser & Tkach – western Canada and western United States
  • Graphephorum cernuum (Trin.) Röser & Tkach – southern Alaska, western Canada, northwestern United States, California, southern Argentina and southern Chile
  • Graphephorum longiglume (Hack.) Barberá & Quintanar – western Argentina and central Chile
  • Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv. – Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin
  • Graphephorum mendocinense (Hauman) Barberá & Quintanar – western Argentina
  • Graphephorum × orthochaetum (Hitchc.) Barberá & Quintanar (G. canescens × G. wolfii) – Montana (Missoula County)
  • Graphephorum wolfii (Vasey) Coult. – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan south to California and New Mexico
formerly included[6]

see Dupontia, Hyalopoa, Molinia, Muhlenbergia, Peyritschia, Poa, Scolochloa, Sphenopholis, and Trisetum

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Graphephorum Desv.
  2. ^ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ "Graphephorum Desv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  5. ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps
  6. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families