Biology:Erioneuron

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Erioneuron
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Scleropogoninae
Genus: Erioneuron
Nash
Type species
Erioneuron pilosum
(Buckley) Nash
Synonyms[1]
  • Trichodiclida Cerv.

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 Texas ), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
  • Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash - hairy woollygrass - United States (AZ NM Texas OK Kansas CO UT NV California ), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca), Argentina , Bolivia
formerly included [1]
  • Erioneuron pulchellum - Dasyochloa pulchella

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2591812 entry