Trichophorum

Trichophorum is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.[1] Plants in this genus are known as deergrasses in Britain[2] but are sometimes known as bulrushes in North America.[3] It contains the following species:

  • Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers.
  • Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm.
  • Trichophorum clementis (M.E. Jones) S.G. Sm.
  • Trichophorum clintonii (A. Gray) S.G. Sm.
  • Trichophorum dolichocarpum Zakirov
  • Trichophorum germanicum Palla
  • Trichophorum planifolium (Spreng.) Palla
  • Trichophorum pumilum (Vahl) Schinz & Thell.
  • Trichophorum rigidum (Steud.) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson
  • Trichophorum schansiense Hand.-Mazz.
  • Trichophorum subcapitatum (Thwaites & Hook.) D.A. Simpson
  • Trichophorum uniflorum (Trautv.) Malyschev & Lukitsch.

Trichophorum
Trichophorum cespitosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Trichophorum
Pers.
Type species
Trichophorum alpinum

References
  1. M. Salmenkallio & I. Kukkonen (1989). "Proposal to conserve 466a Trichophorum (Cyperaceae) with a conserved type". Taxon. 38 (2): 313–316. JSTOR 1220871.
  2. Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 943. ISBN 9780521707725.
  3. "Trichophorum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.


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