Trisetum

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Trisetum
Trisetum flavescens.jpg
Trisetum flavescens [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Trisetum
Pers. 1805 not (Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Trin. 1830
Type species
Trisetum flavescens
(L.) P. Beauv. [2] [3]
Species

See list of Trisetum species

Synonyms [4]
  • RupestrinaProv.
  • TrisetariumPoir.

Trisetum is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. [10]

Species

Trisetum formerly included over 70 species. Over the past decade the genus has been split into smaller genera (including Graciliotrisetum and Sibirotrisetum ) and some species placed in other genera. [11] Plants of the World Online currently accepts eight species. [12]

The List of Trisetum species includes species accepted as of 2012. [13]

References

  1. ↑ image circa 1805 from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK495F19H671801V3&identifier=0147 Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Author: Host, Nikolaus Thomas Publisher: Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. 772: 107-109 (1920);
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Trisetum Pers.
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum 1: 97-98 in Latin
  6. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  7. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 325 三毛草属 san mao cao shu Trisetum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 97. 1805.
  8. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Trisetum includes photos, drawings, and distribution maps for several species
  9. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia
  10. ↑ NRCS. "Triraphis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Barberá, P., Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Garcia-Porta, J., Romaschenko, K., Aedo, C. and Quintanar, A. (2025), Phylogenetics and reticulation among koelerioid clades, part I: Contraction of Trisetum, expansion of Acrospelion, Graphephorum, and Tzveleviochloa; Graciliotrisetum gen. nov. and resurrection of Aegialina (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Aveninae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63: 629-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13133
  12. ↑ "Trisetum Pers". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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