Chasmanthium

woodoats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Chasmanthieae
Genus:	Chasmanthium Link[1]
Type species
Chasmanthium gracile (Michx.) Link[2]
Synonyms[3]
Gouldochloa J.Valdés, Morden & S.L.Hatch

Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.^[4][5]

Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats.^[6] One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.^[4]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words χάσμα (chasma), meaning "wide opening," and ἀνθός (anthos), meaning "flower."^[7]

Species^{[3][6][8][9][10]}

1. Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones - Tamaulipas
2. Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates - Indian Woodoats - central + southeastern United States (TX + FL to NE + NJ), plus isolated populations in Manitoba, Arizona, New Mexico, Nuevo León
3. Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates - Slender Woodoats - southeastern + south-central United States (TX + FL to NY)
4. Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates - Shiny Woodoats - southeastern United States (AL GA FL NC SC)
5. Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates - Birdbill Woodoats - southeastern United States (LA MS AL FL NC SC)

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. ↑ "Genus: Chasmanthium Link". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
2. ↑ Tropicos, Chasmanthium Link
3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 1 2 Steve Christman. "#759 Chasmanthium latifolium". Floridata. 
5. ↑ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
6. 1 2 "Chasmanthium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-04-26. 
7. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780849313035. 
8. ↑ The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
10. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 

External links

Media related to Chasmanthium at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Chasmanthium at Wikispecies

• "Chasmanthium latifolium". Missouri Botanical Garden. 
• "Chasmanthium Link woodoats". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture.