Dichanthelium laxiflorum

Taxonavigation

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

Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Lam.) Gould,

Homotypic
- Panicum dichotomum var. laxiflorum (Lam.) Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 139 (1896)
- Panicum laxiflorum Lam., Encycl. 4: 748 (1798)
Heterotypic
- Panicum aureum Scribn. & Merr., Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 27: 4 (1899), pro syn.
- Panicum caricifolium Scribn. ex Ashe, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 15: 57 (1898), nom. nud.
- Panicum laxiflorum var. strictirameum (Hitchc. & Chase) Fernald, Rhodora 36: 75 (1934)
- Panicum pumilum Bosc ex Nees, C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 228 (1829), nom. nud.
- Panicum pyriforme Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 579 (1899)
- Panicum rariflorum Rupr. ex Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 240 (1842), nom. nud.
- Panicum ruprechtii E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 21 (1886), nom. illeg., non Fenzl (1854).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Central & Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dichanthelium laxiflorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Dichanthelium laxiflorum. 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 24. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Dichanthelium laxiflorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 October 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dichanthelium laxiflorum. Published online. Accessed: October 24 2022.

English: open-flower witchgrass
suomi: tihkukyynelhirssi

For more multimedia, look at Dichanthelium laxiflorum on Wikimedia Commons.