Dichanthium
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|image = Dichanthium sericeum flowers.jpg
|image_caption = Dichanthium sericeum
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|taxon = Dichanthium
|authority = Willemet
|type_species_authority = Willemet
|type_species = Dichanthium nodosum
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029651 Tropicos, Dichanthium Willemet ][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451382 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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- Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (Willemet) Hack.
- Diplasanthum Desv.
- Eremopogon Stapf
- Gymnandropogon (Nees) Duthie
- Lepeocercis Trin.
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Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Willemet, Pierre Remi 1796. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 18: 11[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109887 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 604 双花草属 shuang hua cao shu Dichanthium]Bhat, V., et al. [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-14255-0_6.pdf#page-1 Chapter 6: Dichanthium.] In: Kole, C., Ed. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources, Millets and Grasses. Springer. 2011.[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:416238 Atlas of Living Australia, Dichanthium Willemet Bluegrasses]
Species
Species include:[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dichanthium The Plant List search for Dichanthium]
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- 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
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Former species
Several species formerly included are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including in: Andropogon, Bothriochloa, Capillipedium, Euclasta, and Pseudodichanthium.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00186.htm Dichanthium] at Grassbase—The World Online Grass Flora
- [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DICHA3 USDA Plants Profile for Dichanthium]
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