Chasmanthium

Woodoats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Gouldochloa J.Valdés, Morden & S.L.Hatch

Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[4][5]

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]

Species[3][6][8][9][10]
  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Chasmanthium Link
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ a b Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata.
  5. ^ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
  6. ^ a b "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  7. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780849313035.
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  10. ^ "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.