| Dichanthium | |
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| Dichanthium sericeum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Andropogoninae |
| Genus: | Dichanthium Willemet |
| Type species | |
| Dichanthium nodosum Willemet
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
- ^ Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses