Chasmanthium laxum

Chasmanthium laxum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Chasmanthieae
Genus: Chasmanthium
Species: Chasmanthium laxum

Name

Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates, 1966

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Holcus laxus L., Sp. Pl.: 1048 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Uniola laxa (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 60 (1888).
• Heterotypic
  • Uniola gracilis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 71 (1803).
  • Uniola sessiliflora Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 185 (1808).
  • Uniola virgata W.Bartram ex Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 82 (1813), pro syn.
  • Chasmanthium gracile (Michx.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 159 (1827).
  • Poa sessiliflora (Poir.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 111 (1829).
  • Uniola longifolia Scribn., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 229 (1894).
  • Uniola uniflora Benke, Rhodora 31: 148 (1929).
  • Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) Yates, S. W. Naturalist 11: 426 (1966).
  • Chasmanthium laxum subsp. sessiliflorum (Poir.) L.G.Clark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 601 (1990).
  • Chasmanthium laxum var. sessiliflorum (Poir.) Wipff & S.D.Jones, Phytologia 77: 456 (1994 publ. 1995).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional: Southern Central USA Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Yates, H.O., 1917. Southwestern Naturalist. Dallas, TX 11:433.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chasmanthium laxum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Chasmanthium laxum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chasmanthium laxum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chasmanthium laxum. Published online. Accessed: October 05 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chasmanthium laxum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 October 05.

Vernacular names

English: slender woodoats

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