Hierochloe

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Hierochloe
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Hierochloe odorata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hierochloe
R.Br.
Synonyms [1]
  • Hierochloë R.Br., alternate spelling [2]
  • DimesiaRaf.
  • DisarrenumLabill.
  • DisarrhenumP.Beauv.
  • SavastanaSchrank
  • TorresiaRuiz & Pav.

Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass. [3] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America. [1] [4]

These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits. [5]

Some authors advocate merging the two genera Hierochloe and Anthoxanthum , though others disagree. [6] [7] [8]

Species [1]
formerly included [1]

numerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthoxanthum Centotheca Holcus

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants see § 60.6
  3. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208-209 in Latin
  4. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  5. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
  7. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthoxanthum
  8. ↑ Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. ISBN   978-0-901158-42-0.
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