Chasmanthium Explained

Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Members of the genus are commonly known as woodoats. One species, Chasmanthium latifolium, is commonly cultivated.^[1]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words χάσμα (chasma), meaning "wide opening," and ἀνθός (anthos), meaning "flower."^[3]

Species^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

• Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones - Tamaulipas
• 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
• Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates - slender woodoats - southeastern + south-central United States (TX + FL to NY)
• Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldw.) Yates - shiny woodoats - southeastern United States (AL GA FL NC SC)
• Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum (Steud.) Yates - birdbill woodoats - southeastern United States (LA MS AL FL NC SC)

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: #759 Chasmanthium latifolium . Steve Christman . Floridata .
2. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 159
3. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . 2006 . 1 . CRC Press . 9780849313035 . 460.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451238 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Chasmanthium The Plant List search for Chasmanthium
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Chasmanthium Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
7. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Chasmanthium . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090508032725/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2420 . 2009-05-08 . dead .