Psammochloa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Psammochloa
Species: P. villosa
Name

Psammochloa Hitchc., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 140 (1927)
monotypic taxon

References

Hitchcock, A.S. (1927) Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17: 140.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Psammochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Psammochloa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Psammochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Psammochloa. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.

Psammochloa is a plant genus in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Psammochloa villosa.
Distribution

Psammochloa villosa is native to Mongolia and China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang).[1][4][5] It spreads by rhizomes.
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1927. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17: 140-141 in English
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 192 沙鞭 sha bian Psammochloa villosa (Trinius) Bor, Kew Bull. [6]. 1951: 191. 1951.
Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas): 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator