Dichanthium

Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.

Dichanthium
Dichanthium sericeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Dichanthium
Willemet
Type species
Dichanthium nodosum
Willemet
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (Willemet) Hack.
  • Diplasanthum Desv.
  • Eremopogon Stapf
  • Gymnandropogon (Nees) Duthie
  • Lepeocercis Trin.

Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.[3][4][5][6]

Species

Species include:[1][7]

  • Dichanthium andringitrense - Queensland
  • Dichanthium annulatum - Kleberg's bluestem, marvel grass - Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia; naturalised in North + South America, Crete, Canary Islands, certain Pacific Islands including Hawaii
  • Dichanthium aristatum - Angleton bluestem - Yunnan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, India; ; naturalised in North + South America, Queensland, various islands in Indian Ocean, Pacific, + West Indies
  • Dichanthium armatum - Gujarat
  • Dichanthium caricosum - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
  • Dichanthium concanense - Maharashtra
  • Dichanthium erectum - Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Dichanthium fecundum - New Guinea
  • Dichanthium foulkesii - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
  • Dichanthium foveolatum - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
  • Dichanthium mccannii - Maharashtra
  • Dichanthium micranthum - Oman
  • Dichanthium mucronulatum - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
  • Dichanthium oliganthum - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
  • Dichanthium panchganiense - Maharashtra
  • Dichanthium pertusum - Maharashtra, Karnataka
  • Dichanthium paranjpyeanum - Maharashtra
  • Dichanthium queenslandicum - Queensland
  • Dichanthium sericeum - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
  • Dichanthium setosum - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
  • Dichanthium tenue - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
  • Dichanthium tenuiculum - Luzon
  • Dichanthium tuberculatum - Madhya Pradesh

Former species

Several species formerly included are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including in: Andropogon, Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Euclasta, and Pseudodichanthium.[1]

References
  1. Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11
  4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium
  5. Bhat, V., et al. Chapter 6: Dichanthium. In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.
  6. Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses
  7. The Plant List search for Dichanthium


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