Orinus Explained

Orinus is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} The genome of O. kokonorica has been sequenced.^[3]

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Orinus alticulmus L.B.Cai & Tong L.Zhang - Qinghai
• Orinus anomala Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan
• Orinus kokonorica (K.S.Hao) Keng - Gansu, Qinghai
• Orinus longiglumis X.Su & L.B.Cai - Tibet
• Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsl.) Bor - Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Kashmir, Nepal, Uttarakhand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uttar Pradesh
• Orinus tibeticus N.X.Zhao - Tibet

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917206#page/158/mode/1up Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1933. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 23: 135-136
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00437.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. Qu . Kunjing . Liu . Ai . Yin . Mou . Mu . Wenjie . Wu . Shuang . Hu . Hongyin . Chen . Jinyuan . Su . Xu . Dou . Quanwen . Ren . Guangpeng . 2023-12-02 . A genome assembly for Orinus kokonorica provides insights into the origin, adaptive evolution and further diversification of two closely related grass genera . Communications Biology . en . 6 . 1 . 1223 . 10.1038/s42003-023-05620-5 . 2399-3642 . 10693610 . 38042963.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=426507 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=123165 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 464 固沙草属 gu sha cao shu Orinus Hitchcock, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 136. 1933