Piptatheropsis

Piptatheropsis is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Piptatheropsis
Piptatheropsis pungens[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Piptatheropsis
Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng
Type species
Piptatheropsis canadensis
(Poir.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng

Piptatheropsis is a newly recognized genus, named in 2011, comprising species formerly considered members of Milium, Oryzopsis, Piptatherum, Stipa, and similar genera.[2]

Species[4]

References

  1. illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 175. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc, using the synonym Oryzopsis pungens
  2. Romaschenko, K., P. M. Peterson, R. J. Soreng, O. Futorna & A. Susanna. 2011. Phylogenetics of Piptatherum s.l. (Poaceae: Stipeae): evidence for a new genus, Piptatheropsis, and resurrection of Patis. Taxon 60(6): 1703–1716
  3. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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