Biology:Amphicarpum
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Short description: Genus of grasses
| Amphicarpum | |
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| Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Boivinellinae |
| Genus: | Amphicarpum Kunth[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphicarpum purshii (syn of A. amphicarpon) Kunth
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Amphicarpum (common name maidencane)[2] is a genus of North American plants in the grass family, found only in the eastern United States .[3][4]
Description
Amphicarpum is mostly found in the Northeast and Southeast United States. [5] It is usually found in wetlands near rivers and lakes. The grass has two types of flowers, one aerial type and an underground type which self-fertilizes. [6]
- Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh) Nash - Massachusetts NJ NY DE FL GA MD NC SC VA
- Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum (Schult.) Hitchc. - AL FL GA NC SC
See also
References
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1(2): 28
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Plants Profile, Amphicarpum Kunth, maidencane
- ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/amphicar.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ "Amphicarpum", County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Amphicarpum
- ↑ "Amphicarpum amphicarpon". New England Wildflower Society. https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Amphicarpum/amphicarpon/.
- ↑ Kewe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ The Plant List search for Amphicarpum
External links
- "Amphicarpum amphicarpon (Pursh's blue maidencane)", Go Botany (New England Wildflower Society), https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Amphicarpum/amphicarpon/
Wikidata ☰ Q1958795 entry
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