Sclerochloa

Sclerochloa
Sclerochloa dura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sclerochloa
P.Beauv.
Type species
Sclerochloa dura
(L.) P.Beauv.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Crassipes Swallen

Sclerochloa is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] Hardgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[7]

Species[2][8]
  1. Sclerochloa dura (L.) P.Beauv. - Europe, Asia, and North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Pakistan + Xinjiang; naturalized in Australia[9] + North America[10]
  2. Sclerochloa woronowii (Hack.) Tzvelev - Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Caucasus, Turkey
formerly included[2]

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Cutandia Desmazeria Festuca Poa Puccinellia Sphenopus

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 2 (1906)
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 97-98 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Sclerochloa P. Beauv.
  5. ↑ Flora of China, FOC Vol. 22 Page 314 硬草属 ying cao shu Sclerochloa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 97. 1812.
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Fienarola indurita, Common Hardgrass, Sclerochloa dura (L.) P. Beauv.
  7. ↑ "Sclerochloa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Sclerochloa
  9. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Sclerochloa P.Beauv.
  10. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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