Psammochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Psammochloa

| parent_authority = Hitchc.

| species = villosa

| authority = (Trin.) Bor

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=438214 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

  • Arundo villosa Trin.
  • Ammophila villosa (Trin.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Timouria villosa (Trin.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Psammochloa mongolica Hitchc.
  • Timouria mongolica (Hitchc.) Roshev.

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Psammochloa is a plant genus in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39913812#page/168/mode/1up Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1927. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17: 140-141] in English[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00516.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Psammochloa villosa.

Distribution

Psammochloa villosa is native to Mongolia and China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang).[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200026074 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 沙鞭 sha bian Psammochloa villosa (Trinius) Bor, Kew Bull. [6]. 1951: 191. 1951.]Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas): 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator It spreads by rhizomes.

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