Chasmanthium laxum

Chasmanthium laxum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
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).

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

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.

Vernacular names

  • English: slender woodoats
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