Biology:Torreyochloa

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Torreyochloa
Torreyochloa pallida var pauciflora BLM-1.jpg
Torreyochloa pallida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Torreyochloinae
Genus: Torreyochloa
G.L.Church
Type species
Torreyochloa pauciflora
(J.Presl) Church
Synonyms[1]
  • Puccinellia sect. Torreyochloa (G.L. Church) R.T. Clausen

Torreyochloa is a genus of North American and northeast Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3] False mannagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]

Species[5][6][7]
  • Torreyochloa erecta (Hitchc.) Church - western United States (California NV OR)
  • Torreyochloa fernaldii (Hitchc.) Church - Canada (all provinces except Alberta), United States (Northeast, Great Lakes)
  • Torreyochloa natans (Kom.) Church - Japan, Russia (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril, Primorye Sakhalin, Magadan)
  • Torreyochloa pallida (Torr.) Church - Japan, Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin), Canada (Yukon + all 10 provinces), United States (primarily Northeast, Great Lakes, western mountains, Alaska).
  • Torreyochloa pauciflora (J.Presl) Church - Canada (Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta), United States (AK CO ID MT OR Washington (state) WY SD AZ California NV UT NM)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3310409 entry