Psammochloa is a plant genus in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Psammochloa villosa.
| Psammochloa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Stipodae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Psammochloa Hitchc. |
| Species: | P. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Psammochloa villosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editPsammochloa villosa is native to Mongolia and China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang).[1][4][5] It spreads by rhizomes.
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1927. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17: 140-141 in English
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 沙鞭 sha bian Psammochloa villosa (Trinius) Bor, Kew Bull. [6]. 1951: 191. 1951.
- ^ Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas): 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator