Sphenopholis Explained

Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

They are known generally as wedgescales.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Species^{[7] [8]}

• Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA
• Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii)
• Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California
• Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA
• Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of United States
• Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous United States + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola
• Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA—hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica
• Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/563021#page/180/mode/1up Scribner, Frank Lamson. 1906. Rhodora 8(92): 142-146
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/690753#page/166/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, pages 341-342
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9915#page/84/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1830. Révision des Graminées 2, plate 84
4. http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Sphenopholis&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment
5. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00600.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
6. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SPHEN USDA Plants Profile
7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sphenopholis The Plant List search for Sphenopholis
8. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Sphenopholis Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps