Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 17-18 in LatinPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate V(5), figures X (10 a-k) line drawings of Piptatherum coerulescens (captions on caption page 5)
They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 落芒草属 luo mang cao shu Piptatherum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 17. 1812. Flora of PakistanAltervista Flora Italiana, genere PiptatherumJepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Piptatherum
formerly included see Achnatherum Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa
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