| Patis | |
|---|---|
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| Patis racemosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Stipodae |
| Tribe: | Stipeae |
| Genus: | Patis Ohwi, 1942 |
| Type species | |
| Patis coreana | |
Patis is a genus of grasses in the Stipeae tribe of the grass family, found in China, Korea, Japan, eastern Canada, and north central and eastern United States.[1]
The name Patis, an anagram of the closely related Stipa, was assigned by Japanese botanist Jisaburo Ohwi (1905–1977) in 1942.[2][3]
Species
Three species are recognized; each of them has a synonym. In each case, the alternative genus name is within the tribe Stipeae.
- Patis coreana (Honda) Ohwi (Korean needlegrass; Stipa coreana Honda)
- Patis obtusa (Stapf) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Piptatherum kuoi)
- Patis racemosa (Sm.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Oryzopsis racemosa)
P. coreana and P. obusa are found in east Asia, and P. racemosa in North America.[4]
References
- ↑ Kew: Plants of the World Online: Patis
- ↑ "Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica." (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11(3): 181. 1942).
- ↑ "The International Plant Names Index". Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ Zhang, Zhong‐Shuai, and Wen‐Li Chen. "The cytotaxonomy of Piptatherum kuoi (Stipeae, Poaceae)." Nordic journal of botany 36, no. 10 (2018): e01929. (doi:10.1111/njb.01929)
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