Helictotrichon
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Helictotrichon
Besser
Type species
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Synonyms[1]
  • Aristavena F.Albers & Butzin
  • Avenastrum (K.Koch) Opiz
  • Avenochloa Holub
  • Danthorhiza Ten.
  • Elictotrichon Besser ex Andrz.
  • Heuffelia Schur
  • Neoholubia Tzvelev
  • Stipavena Vierh.

Helictotrichon, or alpine oatgrass,[2] is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] The genus name comes from the Greek heliktos meaning twisted, and trichos meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn.[7]

Most of the species are native to Africa and Eurasia with a few species in North America. Helictotrichon sempervirens is widely cultivated as an ornamental.[8][9][10]

Species[1]
  • Helictotrichon altius (Hitchc.) Ohwi - China
  • Helictotrichon angustum C.E.Hubb. - Kenya, Yemen
  • Helictotrichon arctum Cope - Yemen
  • Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon burmanicum Bor - Myanmar
  • Helictotrichon cantabricum (Lag.) Gervais - Pyrenees in France + Spain
  • Helictotrichon capense Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon convolutum (C.Presl) Henrard - Italy, Greece, Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
  • Helictotrichon cycladum (Rech.f. & T.C.Scheff.) Rech.f. - Greece incl Crete
  • Helictotrichon decorum (Janka) Henrard - Romania
  • Helictotrichon delavayi (Hack.) Henrard - China
  • Helictotrichon desertorum (Less.) Nevski - Austria, Czech Rep, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia
  • Helictotrichon devesae Romero Zarco - Spain
  • Helictotrichon dodii (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon elongatum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb. - Madagascar; Africa from Chad to Eritrea to Zimbabwe
  • Helictotrichon fedtschenkoi (Hack.) Henrard - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  • Helictotrichon filifolium (Lag.) Henrard - Spain, Morocco, Algeria
  • Helictotrichon galpinii Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho
  • Helictotrichon hideoi (Honda) Ohwi - Japan, Taiwan
  • Helictotrichon hirtulum (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho
  • Helictotrichon hissaricum (Roshev.) Henrard - Tajikistan
  • Helictotrichon imberbe (Nees) Veldkamp - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
  • Helictotrichon junghuhnii (Buse) Henrard - China, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java, New Guinea
  • Helictotrichon × krischae H.Melzer - Austria
  • Helictotrichon krylovii (Pavlov) Henrard - Yakutia, Magadan
  • Helictotrichon lachnanthum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb. - Bioko, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
  • Helictotrichon leianthum (Keng) Ohwi - China
  • Helictotrichon leoninum (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon longifolium (Nees) Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho
  • Helictotrichon longum (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon macrostachyum (Balansa & Durieu) Henrard - Algeria
  • Helictotrichon mannii (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. - Bioko, Cameroon
  • Helictotrichon milanjianum (Rendle) C.E.Hubb. - Madagascar, East Africa
  • Helictotrichon mongolicum (Roshev.) Henrard - Siberia, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
  • Helictotrichon mortonianum (Scribn.) Henrard - USA (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico)
  • Helictotrichon murcicum Holub - Spain
  • Helictotrichon namaquense Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon natalense (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon newtonii (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. - Angola
  • Helictotrichon parlatorei (J.Woods) Pilg. - Alps of France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia
  • Helictotrichon petzense H.Melzer - Alps of Austria, Slovenia
  • Helictotrichon planifolium (Willk.) Holub - Pyrenees in France + Spain
  • Helictotrichon polyneurum (Hook.f.) Henrard - Tamil Nadu
  • Helictotrichon potaninii Tzvelev - Sichuan
  • Helictotrichon quinquesetum (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon requienii (Mutel) Henrard - France + Spain
  • Helictotrichon rogerellisii Mashau, Fish & A.E.van Wyk - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon roggeveldense Mashau, Fish & A.E.van Wyk - South Africa
  • Helictotrichon sangilense Krasnob. - Tuva in Siberia
  • Helictotrichon sarracenorum (Gand.) Holub - Spain
  • Helictotrichon schmidii (Hook.f.) Henrard - India, China
  • Helictotrichon sedenense (Clarion ex DC.) Holub - France, Spain, Italy, Morocco
  • Helictotrichon sempervirens (Vill.) Pilg. - Blue oat grass - France, Italy
  • Helictotrichon setaceum (Vill.) Henrard - France, Italy
  • Helictotrichon sumatrense Ohwi - Sumatra
  • Helictotrichon tianschanicum (Roshev.) Henrard - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang
  • Helictotrichon tibeticum (Roshev.) Holub - China incl Tibet + Xinjiang
  • Helictotrichon turcomanicum Czopanov - Turkmenistan
  • Helictotrichon umbrosum (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
  • Helictotrichon uniyalii Kandwal & B.K.Gupta - Uttarakhand
  • Helictotrichon yunnanense S.Wang & B.S.Sun - Yunnan
formerly included[1]

Many species once considered part of Helictotrichon are now regarded as better suited to other genera. A large number are now in Helictochloa with smaller numbers of species in Amphibromus Arrhenatherum Avenula Danthoniastrum Duthiea Tricholemma and Trisetum.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Helictotrichon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. Besser, Wilibert Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von. 1827. in Schultes, Josef August & Schultes, Julius Hermann. Mantissa in volumen primum [-tertium] :Systematis vegetabilium caroli a Linné 3: 526 in Latin, in observations; page 526 is mislabeled as page 326
  4. GrassBase entry
  5. "United States Department of Agriculture Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  6. Tropicos, Helictotrichon Besser ex Schult. & Schult. f
  7. Missouri Botanical Garden
  8. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  9. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 317 异燕麦属 yi yan mai shu Helictotrichon Besser ex Schultes & J. H. Schultes, Mant. 3 (Addit. I ad Mant. Cl. III): 526 [“326”]. 1827.
  10. Altervisita Flora Italiana, genere Helictotrichon
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