Coleanthus

Coleanthus is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only known species is Coleanthus subtilis. It has a scattered distribution, found on lakeshores, streambanks, and other wet places in central Europe (France, Germany, Czech Rep; extinct in Norway + Italy), Asia (Western Siberia, Khabarovsk, eastern China), and northwestern North America (Oregon, Washington, British Columbia).[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Coleanthus
Coleanthus subtilis[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Coleanthinae
Genus:	Coleanthus Seidl[2][3]
Species:	C. subtilis
Binomial name
Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidl ex Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms[4]
Schmidtia Tratt. 1816, rejected homonym not Moench 1802 (Asteraceae) nor Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt 1852 (Poaceae) Wilibalda Sternb. ex Roth Schmidtia subtilis Tratt. Zizania subtilis (Tratt.) Raspail Wilibalda subtilis (Tratt.) Roth Schmidtia utriculata J.Presl & C.Presl Schmidtia utriculosa Sternb.

References

1. Illustration from Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz. Gera-Untermhaus, 1885
2. Seidl, Wenzel Benno. 1817. Systema Vegetabilium 2: 11-12, 276 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Coleanthus Seidl
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 340 莎禾 suo he Coleanthus subtilis (Trattinnick) Seidel in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 276. 1817.
6. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
7. Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal’nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad
8. Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth
9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map