| Piptatherum | |
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| Piptatherum paradoxum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Stipodae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Piptatherum P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Piptatherum coerulescens | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass. [4] [5]
They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
- Species [2] [12]
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Piptatherum alpestre
- Piptatherum angustifolium
- Piptatherum baluchistanicum
- Piptatherum barbellatum
- Piptatherum blancheanum
- Piptatherum canadense
- Piptatherum coerulescens
- Piptatherum ferganense
- Piptatherum flaccidum
- Piptatherum gracile
- Piptatherum grandispiculum
- Piptatherum grigorjevii
- Piptatherum hilariae
- Piptatherum holciforme
- Piptatherum kopetdagense
- Piptatherum kuoi
- Piptatherum laterale
- Piptatherum latifolium
- Piptatherum micranthum
- Piptatherum microcarpum
- Piptatherum molinioides
- Piptatherum munroi
- Piptatherum pamiralaicum
- Piptatherum paradoxum
- Piptatherum platyanthum
- Piptatherum pungens
- Piptatherum purpurascens
- Piptatherum racemosum
- Piptatherum rechingeri
- Piptatherum roshevitsianum
- Piptatherum sogdianum
- Piptatherum songaricum
- Piptatherum tibeticum
- Piptatherum virescens
- formerly included [2]
see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa