Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[4][5]
| Woodoats | |
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| Chasmanthium latifolium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Chasmanthieae |
| Genus: | Chasmanthium Link[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chasmanthium gracile | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats.[6] One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.[4]
The generic name is derived from the Greek words χάσμα (chasma), meaning "wide opening," and ἀνθός (anthos), meaning "flower."[7]
- Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones - Tamaulipas
- Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates - Indian woodoats - central + southeastern United States (TX + FL to NE + NJ), plus isolated populations in Manitoba, Arizona, New Mexico, Nuevo León
- Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates - slender woodoats - southeastern + south-central United States (TX + FL to NY)
- Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates - shiny woodoats - southeastern United States (AL GA FL NC SC)
- Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates - birdbill woodoats - southeastern United States (LA MS AL FL NC SC)
See also
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edit- ^ "Genus: Chasmanthium Link". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ Tropicos, Chasmanthium Link
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata.
- ^ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
- ^ a b "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780849313035.
- ^ The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
External links
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Media related to Chasmanthium at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Chasmanthium at Wikispecies
- "Chasmanthium latifolium". Missouri Botanical Garden.
- "Chasmanthium Link woodoats". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture.
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