Biology:Hierochloe
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Short description: Genus of grasses
| Hierochloe | |
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| Hierochloe odorata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Hierochloe R.Br. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass.[3] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America.[1][4]
These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits.[5]
Some authors advocate merging the two genera Hierochloe and Anthoxanthum, though others disagree.[6][7][8]
- Species[1]
- formerly included[1]
numerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthoxanthum Centotheca Holcus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants see § 60.6
- ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208-209 in Latin
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthoxanthum
- ↑ Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. ISBN:978-0-901158-42-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q158906 entry
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