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Speargrass
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Piptochaetium sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Piptochaetium
J.Presl
Type species
Piptochaetium setifolium
(syn of P. panicoides)
J.Presl
Synonyms
  • Urachne subg. Piptochaetium (J. Presl) Trin. & Rupr.
  • Podopogon Raf., rejected name
  • Caryochloa Spreng. 1827, illegitimate homonym not Trin. 1826

Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of New World plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.

Some of its species have been included in the genus Stipa by some authors.

see Nassella Stipa

  • Piptochaetium collinum - Nassella laevissima
  • Piptochaetium gibbum - Nassella gibba
  • Piptochaetium laeve - Nassella pubiflora
  • Piptochaetium laevissimum - Nassella laevissima
  • Piptochaetium mexicanum - Nassella mexicana
  • Piptochaetium mucronatum - Nassella mucronata
  • Piptochaetium ovatum - Stipa ovata
  • Piptochaetium trichotomum - Nassella trichotoma

See also

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