Amphicarpum

Amphicarpum
Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Amphicarpum
Type species
Amphicarpum purshii
(syn of A. amphicarpon)

Amphicarpum (common name maidencane)[2] is a genus of North American plants in the grass family, found only in the eastern United States.[3][4]

Species[5][6][7]
  1. Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash - MA NJ NY DE FL GA MD NC SC VA
  2. Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum (Schult.) Hitchc. - AL FL GA NC SC

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1(2): 28
  2. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Plants Profile, Amphicarpum Kunth, maidencane
  3. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Kewe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Amphicarpum
  7. ↑ "Amphicarpum". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  • "Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh's blue maidencane)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.


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