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Dissanthelium

Dissanthelium
Dissanthelium californicum - drawing.jpg
Dissanthelium californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Dissanthelium
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Type species
Dissanthelium supinum
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Synonyms

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

see Poa




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