Greeneochloa

Greeneochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Echinopogoninae
Genus:	Greeneochloa ; P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá

Last updated March 22, 2025

Greeneochloa is a genus of grasses. It includes three species native to North America and Hawaii.^[1] These species were formerly placed in genus Calamagrostis .^[2]

Three species are accepted.^[1]

Greeneochloa coarctata (Eaton) P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá – eastern United States
Greeneochloa expansa (Munro ex Hillebr.) P.M.Peterson, Romasch. & Soreng – Hawaiian Islands
Greeneochloa tweedyi (Scribn.) P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá – northwestern United States

References

1 2 "Greeneochloa P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
↑ Peterson, P.M., Soreng, R.J., Romaschenko, K., Barberá, P., Quintanar, A., Aedo, C. and Saarela, J.M. (2022), Phylogeny and biogeography of Calamagrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), description of a new genus, Condilorachia (Calothecinae), and expansion of Greeneochloa and Pentapogon (Echinopogoninae). J. Syst. Evol., 60: 570-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12819

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[powo-1] 1 2 "Greeneochloa P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 March 2025.

[2] Peterson, P.M., Soreng, R.J., Romaschenko, K., Barberá, P., Quintanar, A., Aedo, C. and Saarela, J.M. (2022), Phylogeny and biogeography of Calamagrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), description of a new genus, Condilorachia (Calothecinae), and expansion of Greeneochloa and Pentapogon (Echinopogoninae). J. Syst. Evol., 60: 570-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12819

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