Amphicarpum

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Amphicarpum
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Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Amphicarpum
Kunth [1]
Type species
Amphicarpum purshii
(syn of A. amphicarpon)

Amphicarpum (common name maidencane) [2] is a genus of North American plants in the grass family, found only in the eastern United States. [3] [4]

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Description

Amphicarpum is mostly found in the Northeast and Southeast United States. [5] It is usually found in wetlands near rivers and lakes. The grass has two types of flowers, one aerial type and an underground type which self-fertilizes. [6]

Species [7] [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1(2): 28
  2. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Plants Profile, Amphicarpum Kunth, maidencane
  3. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ "Amphicarpum". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  6. ↑ "Amphicarpum amphicarpon". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Kewe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Amphicarpum


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