Graphephorum

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Graphephorum melicoides HC-1950.png

|image_caption = Graphephorum melicoides

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|taxon = Graphephorum

|authority = Desv. 1810 not Honda 1934

|type_species = Graphephorum melicoides

|type_species_authority = (Michx.) Desv.

|synonyms =

  • Trisetum subsect. Graphephorum (Desv.) Louis-Marie

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Graphephorum is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017121 Tropicos, Graphephorum Desv.]Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00263.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

Species

Seven species are currently accepted.{{cite web |title=Graphephorum Desv. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18135-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 June 2025}}[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Graphephorum Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps]

  • Graphephorum ambiguum {{small|(Rúgolo & Nicora) Barberá & Quintanar}} – southern Chile and southern Argentina
  • Graphephorum canescens {{small|(Buckley) Röser & Tkach}} – western Canada and western United States
  • Graphephorum cernuum {{small|(Trin.) Röser & Tkach}} – southern Alaska, western Canada, northwestern United States, California, southern Argentina and southern Chile
  • Graphephorum longiglume {{small|(Hack.) Barberá & Quintanar}} – western Argentina and central Chile
  • Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv. – Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin
  • Graphephorum mendocinense {{small|(Hauman) Barberá & Quintanar}} – western Argentina
  • Graphephorum × orthochaetum {{small|(Hitchc.) Barberá & Quintanar}} (G. canescens × G. wolfii) – Montana (Missoula County)
  • Graphephorum wolfii (Vasey) Coult. – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan south to California and New Mexico

; formerly included[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=477822 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

see Dupontia, Hyalopoa, Molinia, Muhlenbergia, Peyritschia, Poa, Scolochloa, Sphenopholis, and Trisetum

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