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]
see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa
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