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Genus of grasses
Anthoxanthum (Latinised Greek for "yellow blossom"
[3] ), commonly known as hornworts ,
[4] vernal grasses ,
[4] or vernalgrasses ,
[4] is a
genus of plants in the
grass family .
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8] The
generic name means 'Yellow flower' in
Botanical Latin , referring to the colour of the mature
spikelets .
[9]
The members of Anthoxanthum are widespread in temperate and subtropical parts of
Africa and
Eurasia , with a few species in tropical mountains. Some species have become naturalized in
Australia ,
New Zealand , and the
Americas .
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a common species of
acidic
grassland and
bogs in northern
Europe . All the species reportedly contain the compound
coumarin , used medicinally in many countries.
[10]
[11]
The genus
Hierochloe is included in Anthoxanthum by some recent authors. Others, however, continue to treat them as separate genera, and we provisionally treat them as such here pending further research.
[2]
[12]
Species
[2]
[13]
Anthoxanthum aethiopicum -
Ethiopia
Anthoxanthum amarum -
Spain ,
Portugal
Anthoxanthum aristatum -
Mediterranean and neighboring areas from
Madeira and the
Canary Islands to the
Aegean
Anthoxanthum borii -
India
Anthoxanthum dregeanum -
Cape Province of
South Africa
Anthoxanthum ecklonii -
South Africa ,
Lesotho ,
Malawi
Anthoxanthum gracile - Mediterranean from
Morocco to the
Aegean
Anthoxanthum hookeri -
Guizhou ,
Sichuan ,
Tibet ,
Yunnan ,
Bhutan ,
Nepal ,
Sikkim ,
Assam ,
Arunachal Pradesh ,
Myanmar
Anthoxanthum horsfieldii -
Southeast Asia ,
New Guinea ,
Assam ,
Taiwan ,
Guizhou
Anthoxanthum japonicum -
Honshu
Anthoxanthum madagascariense -
Madagascar
Anthoxanthum nivale - mountains of central
Africa (
Zaïre ,
Rwanda ,
Uganda ,
Kenya ,
Tanzania )
Anthoxanthum odoratum - widespread from
Iceland to the
Canary Islands to
Mongolia ; naturalized in
North and
South America ,
South Africa ,
Japan ,
East Asia , and various islands
Anthoxanthum ovatum -
Mediterranean from
Spain to the
Aegean
Anthoxanthum pallidum -
Sichuan ,
Yunnan
Anthoxanthum sikkimense -
Nepal ,
Yunnan ,
Sikkim ,
Bhutan ,
Arunachal Pradesh
Anthoxanthum tongo -
Cape Province of
South Africa
formerly included
[2]
numerous species now considered better suited to other genera. Most important is
Hierochloe ; others include
Centotheca
Crypsis
Dichelachne
Dimeria
Festuca
Perotis
Saccharum
See also
References
^ lectotype designated by Cope in Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 19 (1993)
^
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^
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 28 in Latin
^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008).
"The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references" . The Grass Genera of the World . Retrieved 2009-08-19 .
^
Tropicos, Anthoxanthum L.
^
Jepson Manual Treatment
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ISBN
978-0-5213-6675-5
^
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
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^
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