Sclerochloa
Sclerochloa dura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Coleanthinae
Genus: Sclerochloa
P.Beauv.
Type species
Sclerochloa dura
Synonyms[2]
  • Crassipes Swallen

Sclerochloa is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] Hardgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[7]

Species

[2][8]

Formerly included

[2] numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Cutandia Desmazeria Festuca Poa Puccinellia Sphenopus

References

  1. lectotype designated by Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 2 (1906)
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 97-98 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Sclerochloa P. Beauv.
  5. Flora of China, FOC Vol. 22 Page 314 硬草属 ying cao shu Sclerochloa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 97. 1812.
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana, Fienarola indurita, Common Hardgrass, Sclerochloa dura (L.) P. Beauv.
  7. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sclerochloa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. The Plant List search for Sclerochloa
  9. Atlas of Living Australia, Sclerochloa P.Beauv.
  10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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