Dichanthium
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Dichanthium, also known as bluestem, is a genus
of annual or perennial grass in the Poaceae
family, found in Africa, temperate and tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific islands, and North America and South America. It includes 59 species
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of annual or perennial grass in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family, found in Africa, temperate and tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific islands, and North America and South America. It includes 59 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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Selected species
- Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
- Dichanthium aristatum (Poir.) C.E. Hubbard
- Dichanthium bladhii (Retz.) Clayton
- Dichanthium ischaemumDichanthium ischaemumDichanthium ischaemum, synonym of Bothriochloa ischaemum, is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family, found throughout much of the world.- Synonyms :* Amphilophis ischaemum Nash* Andropogon ischaemum L....
(L.) Roberty, synonym of Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng var. ischaemum - Dichanthium sericeum (R. Br.) A. Camus
- Dichanthium tenue (R. Br.) A. Camus
- Dichanthium tenuiculum (Steud.) S.T. Blake