Dissochondrus, or false bristlegrass, is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the grass family.Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraClayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The only known species is Dissochondrus biflorus.
Taxonomy The species Dissochondrus biflorus was first described in 1888 by William Hillebrand as Setaria biflora. Hillebrand placed it in a new subgenus of Setaria, S. subg. Dissochondrus. In 1897, Otto Kuntze elevated the subgenus to the full genus Dissochondrus with the sole species becoming Dissochondrus biflorus.
References
External links Native Plants Hawaii, Hawaiian Native Plant Genera - Poaceae, Dissochondrus biflorus, photo by G.D. Carr, Oregon State University