Chascolytrum Explained

Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - Bolivia
  • • • • Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Uruguay, southern Brazil Chascolytrum brachychaetum (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil Chascolytrum brizoides (Lam.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul, Biobio
  • Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Uruguay, Brazil Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum erectum (Lam.) Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - southern Brazil, Colombia
• Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Chile
• Chascolytrum lamarckianum (Nees) Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - southeastern Brazil Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
• Chascolytrum paleapiliferum (Parodi) Matthei - northern Argentina
• Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei - southern Brazil, Uruguay
  • Chascolytrum poimorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Chile
• Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina; naturalised in New Zealand
  • Chascolytrum scabrum (Nees ex Steud.) Matthei - southern Brazil Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv. - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay; naturalised in Cape Province and in New South Wales
• Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay; naturalised in Puerto Rico

formerly includedsee Neesiochloa

• Chascolytrum barbatum - Neesiochloa barbata

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39922807#page/155/mode/1up Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2010. Three new taxa of Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) from South America. Novon 20(2): 149–156
3. Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2011. Novon 21:327-329