Scolochloa

Scolochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Scolochloinae
Genus:	Scolochloa; Link
Species:	S. festucacea
Binomial name
	Scolochloa festucacea; (Willd.) Link
Synonyms
	Graphephorum sect. Scolochloa (Link) Benth. & Hook. f.; Arundo festucacea Willd.; Donax festucaceus (Willd.) P.Beauv.; Triodia festucacea (Willd.) Roth; Graphephorum festucaceum (Willd.) A.Gray; Sieglingia festucacea (Willd.) Jess.; Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc.; Schedonorus arundinaceus Roem. & Schult.; Donax borealis Trin.; Festuca borealis (Trin.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch; Festuca donacina Wahlenb.; Fluminia arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr.; Graphephorum arundinaceum (Roem. & Schult.) Asch.; Scolochloa marchica M.Duvel, Ristow, H.Scholz;

Scolochloa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, Scolochloa festucacea. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species.^[3] Scolochloa festucacea grows in Europe, temperate Asia, and North America.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[1]^[9] Its culms are erect and 100–150 centimetres (39–59 in) in height; its leaf blades are 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) long and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide.

The genus formerly included a second species, Scolochloa arundinacea, which is now placed in the genus Arundo as Arundo donax.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Tropicos, Scolochloa Link
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scolochloa festucacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 136
^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 244 水茅属 shui mao shu Scolochloa Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 136. 1827.
^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
^ GBIF entry
^ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul

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[f-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Tropicos, Scolochloa Link

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scolochloa festucacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[4] Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 136

[5] Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 244 水茅属 shui mao shu Scolochloa Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 136. 1827.

[6] Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map

[7] Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

[8] GBIF entry

[9] Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul

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