Calamovilfa

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Calamovilfa
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Calamovilfa longifolia
Scientific classification
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Calamovilfa

Type species
Calamovilfa brevipilis
(A.Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw. [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Calamagrostis subg. CalamovilfaA.Gray
  • Sporobolus sect. Calamovilfa(A.Gray) P.M.Peterson
  • Sporobolus subsect. Calamovilfa(A.Gray) P.M. Peterson

Calamovilfa is a genus of North American plants in the grass family native to the United States and Canada. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species [7] [8] [9]
formerly included

see Cinna

See also

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References

  1. lectotype designated by Thieret, J. W. 1966. Synopsis of the genus Calamovilfa (Gramineae). Castanea 31(2): 146.
  2. Tropicos, Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw.
  3. Scribner, Frank Lamson & Southworth, Effie Almira. 1890. True Grasses page 113
  4. Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, Y. Herrera Arrieta & J. M. Saarela. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1212–1243
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. United States Department of Agriculture plants profile, Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southworth
  7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. The Plant List search for Calamovilfa
  9. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps