Erioneuron Explained

Erioneuron is a genus of New World plants in the grass family native to southern North America and southern South America. They are sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species^[1]

• Erioneuron avenaceum (Kunth) Tateoka - shortleaf woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
• Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash - hairy woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV CA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca), Argentina, Bolivia

formerly included ^[1]

• Erioneuron pulchellum - Dasyochloa pulchella

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451492 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/377030#page/153/mode/1up Nash, George Valentine. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 143-144
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005358 Tropicos, Erioneuron Nash
4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9012 Jepson Manual Treatment
5. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERION USDA Plants Profile
6. http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Erioneuron&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment