Cinna (plant) explained

Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.^{[4] [5]}

Species

• Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
• Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
• Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
• Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia^[6]

Formerly included

Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611123038/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Cinna&type=treatment Grass Manual Account
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107104 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 363 单蕊草属 dan rui cao shu Cinna Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 5. 1753.
3. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Cinna Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8908 Jepson Manual Treatment
5. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CINNA USDA Plants Profile
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cinna The Plant List search for Cinna