Hierochloe
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Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass.[3] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America.[2][4]
These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits.[5]
Some authors advocate merging the two genera Hierochloe and Anthoxanthum, though others disagree.[6][7][8]
- Species[2]
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- formerly included[2]
numerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthoxanthum Centotheca Holcus
References
- ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants see § 60.6
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208-209 in Latin
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthoxanthum
- ↑ Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. ISBN 978-0-901158-42-0.
