Dissanthelium

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dissanthelium
Trin.
Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
Synonyms

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

Species
formerly included

see Poa

  • Dissanthelium atropidiforme - Poa atropidiformis
  • Dissanthelium patagonicum - Poa atropidiformis
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