Genus of grasses
Arrhenatherum oat-grass or button-grass , is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Description
Wild forms can resemble wild oat (Avena ) or fescue (Festuca ). Oat-grasses are very common perennials with yellowish roots . The shining stems grow to a height of 1.80 m (6 ft),[ 8] leaves are hairless with blunt ligules. The inflorescence is a panicle with two-flowered bisexual spikelets.[ 9]
Species[ 3] [ 10] Arrhenatherum album Arrhenatherum calderae Arrhenatherum elatius [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Arrhenatherum kotschyii Arrhenatherum longifolium Arrhennatherum palaestinum Arrhenatherum pallens formerly included[ 3] numerous species now considered better placed in other genera Avenula Danthoniastrum Duthiea Helictochloa Helictotrichon Sphenopholis
See also
References
^ lectotype designated by L.K. Pfeiffer, Nom. 1: 274 (1872)
^ Tropicos, Arrhenatherum P. Beauv. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" .^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The Grass Genera of the World: Arrhenatherum " . The Grass Genera of the World . Retrieved 2009-08-19 . ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 55-56 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure V (5) at lower left line drawings of Arrhenatherum avenaceum ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Arrhenatherum ^ Streeter D, Hart-Davies C, Hardcastle A, Cole F, Harper L. 2009. Collins Flower Guide . Harper Collins ISBN 9-78-000718389-0
^ Valdes, B. & H. Scholz. 2006. The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae - a generic synopsis and some new names. Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669
^ The Plant List search for Arrhenatherum ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 322 燕麦草属 yan mai cao shu Arrhenatherum P. Beauvois ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Oatgrass, Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map ^ Rosengurtt, B., B. R. A. Maffei & P. I. Artucio. 1970. Gramíneas Uruguayas [i–vii], 1–489. Universidad de la República, Montevideo
