Diarrhena

Genus of grasses

Diarrhena
Diarrhena americana[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Diarrheneae
Genus: Diarrhena
P.Beauv.
Type species
Diarrhena americana
P.Beauv.
Synonyms[2]
  • Diarina Raf.
  • Korycarpus Zea ex Lag.
  • Corycarpus Zea ex Spreng., alternate spelling
  • Roemeria Roem. & Schult. 1817, illegitimate homonym not Medik. 1792 (Papaveraceae) nor Raddi 1818 (liverwort in Aneuraceae) nor Moench 1794 (Amaranthaceae) nor Thunb. 1798 (Sapotaceae) nor DC. 1821 (Capparaceae)
  • Neomolinia Honda & Sakisaka

Diarrhena, or beakgrain, is a genus of Asian and North American plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]

Species[2][6][7]
formerly included[2]

see Ammophila Catabrosa Cutandia Sphenopus Vulpia

References

  1. ^ 1950 illustration from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 142-143 in Latin
  4. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXV (25), figure XI (11) line drawings of Diarrhena americana
  5. ^ Tropicos, Diarrhena P. Beauv.
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Diarrhena
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

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Taxon identifiers
Diarrhena


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