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Genus of plants
Dichanthium , known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass , is a
genus of
African ,
Asian , and
Australian plants in the
grass family .
Some species have become naturalized in the
Americas and on various oceanic islands.
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Species
Species include:
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Dichanthium andringitrense - Queensland
Dichanthium annulatum - Kleberg's bluestem, marvel grass - Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia; naturalised in North + South America, Crete, Canary Islands, certain Pacific Islands including Hawaii
Dichanthium aristatum - Angleton bluestem - Yunnan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, India; ; naturalised in North + South America, Queensland, various islands in Indian Ocean, Pacific, + West Indies
Dichanthium armatum - Gujarat
Dichanthium caricosum - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Guizhou, Yunnan, Java, Malaysia
Dichanthium concanense - Maharashtra
Dichanthium erectum - Lesser Sunda Islands
Dichanthium fecundum - New Guinea
Dichanthium foulkesii - Indian Subcontinent, Nicobar Islands
Dichanthium foveolatum - Asia + Africa from Morocco + Canary Islands to Bangladesh
Dichanthium mccannii - Maharashtra
Dichanthium micranthum - Oman
Dichanthium mucronulatum - Thailand, Pen Malaysia
Dichanthium oliganthum - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Myanmar
Dichanthium panchganiense - Maharashtra
Dichanthium pertusum - Maharashtra, Karnataka
Dichanthium paranjpyeanum - Maharashtra
Dichanthium queenslandicum - Queensland
Dichanthium sericeum - silky bluestem - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locales in North America
Dichanthium setosum - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
Dichanthium tenue - slender bluestem - Queensland, New South Wales
Dichanthium tenuiculum - Luzon
Dichanthium tuberculatum - Madhya Pradesh
Former species
Several species formerly included are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including in:
Andropogon ,
Bothriochloa ,
Capillipedium ,
Euclasta , and
Pseudodichanthium .
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