Graphephorum
| Graphephorum | |
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| Graphephorum melicoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Aveninae |
| Genus: | Graphephorum Desv. 1810 not Honda 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Graphephorum is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]Seven species are currently accepted.[4][5]
- Graphephorum ambiguum (Rúgolo & Nicora) Barberá & Quintanar – southern Chile and southern Argentina
- Graphephorum canescens (Buckley) Röser & Tkach – western Canada and western United States
- Graphephorum cernuum (Trin.) Röser & Tkach – southern Alaska, western Canada, northwestern United States, California, southern Argentina and southern Chile
- Graphephorum longiglume (Hack.) Barberá & Quintanar – western Argentina and central Chile
- Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv. – Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin
- Graphephorum mendocinense (Hauman) Barberá & Quintanar – western Argentina
- Graphephorum × orthochaetum (Hitchc.) Barberá & Quintanar (G. canescens × G. wolfii) – Montana (Missoula County)
- Graphephorum wolfii (Vasey) Coult. – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan south to California and New Mexico
- formerly included[6]
see Dupontia, Hyalopoa, Molinia, Muhlenbergia, Peyritschia, Poa, Scolochloa, Sphenopholis, and Trisetum
- Graphephorum altijugum - Peyritschia koelerioides
- Graphephorum arundinaceum - Scolochloa festucacea
- Graphephorum densiflorum - Sphenopholis obtusata
- Graphephorum elliottii - Poa cuspidata
- Graphephorum festucaceum - Scolochloa festucacea
- Graphephorum fisheri - Dupontia fisheri
- Graphephorum flexuosum - Muhlenbergia multiflora
- Graphephorum fulvum - Dupontia fulva
- Graphephorum nipponicum - Molinia japonica
- Graphephorum nutans - Hyalopoa nutans
- Graphephorum pendulinum - Dupontia fulva
- Graphephorum pringlei - Peyritschia graphephoroides P.M.Peterson, Soreng, Romasch. & Barberá
- Graphephorum psilosanthum - Dupontia fisheri
- Graphephorum shearii - Koeleria spicata subsp. spicata
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tropicos, Graphephorum Desv.
- ^ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ "Graphephorum Desv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families