Dichanthium

Dichanthium
Dichanthium sericeum
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms [1] [2]
Andropogon subg. Dichanthium(Willemet) Hack. DiplasanthumDesv. EremopogonStapf Gymnandropogon(Nees) Duthie LepeocercisTrin.

Dichanthium jainii at the edge of a cliff.

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]}

Species

Species include: ^{[1] [7]}

• Dichanthium andringitrense - Queensland
• Dichanthium annulatum - Kleberg's bluestem, marvel grass - Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia; naturalised in North + South America, Crete, Canary Islands, certain Pacific Islands including Hawaii
• Dichanthium aristatum - Angleton bluestem - Yunnan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, India; ; naturalised in North + South America, Queensland, various islands in Indian Ocean, Pacific, + West Indies
• Dichanthium armatum - Gujarat
• Dichanthium caricosum - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
• Dichanthium concanense - Maharashtra
• Dichanthium erectum - Lesser Sunda Islands
• Dichanthium fecundum - New Guinea
• Dichanthium foulkesii - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
• Dichanthium foveolatum - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
• Dichanthium mccannii - Maharashtra
• Dichanthium micranthum - Oman
• Dichanthium mucronulatum - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
• Dichanthium oliganthum - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
• Dichanthium panchganiense - Maharashtra
• Dichanthium pertusum - Maharashtra, Karnataka
• Dichanthium paranjpyeanum - Maharashtra
• Dichanthium queenslandicum - Queensland
• Dichanthium sericeum - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
• Dichanthium setosum - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
• Dichanthium tenue - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
• Dichanthium tenuiculum - Luzon
• Dichanthium tuberculatum - Madhya Pradesh

Former species

Several species formerly included are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including in: Andropogon, Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Euclasta , and Pseudodichanthium . ^[1]

References

1. Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
5. Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
6. Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
7. The Plant List search for Dichanthium

External links

• Data related to Dichanthium at Wikispecies
• Media related to Dichanthium at Wikimedia Commons
• Dichanthium at Grassbase—The World Online Grass Flora
• USDA Plants Profile for Dichanthium