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Piptatherum

ricegrass
Piptatherum paradoxum.jpg
Piptatherum paradoxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Stipoideae
Genus: Piptatherum
P.Beauv.
Type species
Piptatherum coerulescens
(Desf.) P.Beauv.
Synonyms
  • Urachne Trin.
  • Oryzopsis sect. Piptatherum (P.Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Urachne subg. Piptatherum (P.Beauv.) Trin. & Rupr.

Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.

They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.

see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Stipa


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