Piptatherum
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Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.[4][5]
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Piptatherum | |
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Piptatherum paradoxum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Stipodae |
Tribe: | Stipeae |
Genus: | Piptatherum P.Beauv. |
Type species | |
Piptatherum coerulescens | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Piptatherum alpestre
- Piptatherum angustifolium
- Piptatherum baluchistanicum
- Piptatherum barbellatum
- Piptatherum blancheanum
- Piptatherum canadense
- Piptatherum coerulescens
- Piptatherum ferganense
- Piptatherum flaccidum
- Piptatherum gracile
- Piptatherum grandispiculum
- Piptatherum grigorjevii
- Piptatherum hilariae
- Piptatherum holciforme
- Piptatherum kopetdagense
- Piptatherum kuoi
- Piptatherum laterale
- Piptatherum latifolium
- Piptatherum micranthum
- Piptatherum microcarpum
- Piptatherum molinioides
- Piptatherum munroi
- Piptatherum pamiralaicum
- Piptatherum paradoxum
- Piptatherum platyanthum
- Piptatherum pungens
- Piptatherum purpurascens
- Piptatherum racemosum
- Piptatherum rechingeri
- Piptatherum roshevitsianum
- Piptatherum sogdianum
- Piptatherum songaricum
- Piptatherum tibeticum
- Piptatherum virescens
- formerly included[2]
see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa