Psammochloa

Psammochloa is a plant genus in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Psammochloa villosa.

Psammochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Psammochloa
Hitchc.
Species:
P. villosa
Binomial name
Psammochloa villosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Arundo villosa Trin.
  • Ammophila villosa (Trin.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Timouria villosa (Trin.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Psammochloa mongolica Hitchc.
  • Timouria mongolica (Hitchc.) Roshev.

Distribution

Psammochloa villosa is native to Mongolia and China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang).[1][4][5] It spreads by rhizomes.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1927. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17: 140-141 in English
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 沙鞭 sha bian Psammochloa villosa (Trinius) Bor, Kew Bull. [6]. 1951: 191. 1951.
  5. Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas): 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator


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