Sclerochloa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Coleanthinae
Genus: Sclerochloa
Species: S. dura – S. kengiana – S. woronowii
Name

Sclerochloa P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 97 (1812)
Type species: Sclerochloa dura (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 98 (1812)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Crassipes Swallen, Amer. J. Bot. 18: 684 (1931).

References

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 97, 177.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sclerochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 6. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Sclerochloa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Sclerochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Sclerochloa. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names
čeština: Tužanka
English: Spray-grass, Hardgrass, Reflexed Meadow Grass
polski: Suchotraw

Sclerochloa is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] Hardgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[7]

Species

[2][8]

Sclerochloa dura (L.) P.Beauv. - Europe, Asia, and North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Pakistan + Xinjiang; naturalized in Australia[9] + North America[10]
Sclerochloa woronowii (Hack.) Tzvelev - Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Caucasus, Turkey

Formerly included

[2] numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Cutandia Desmazeria Festuca Poa Puccinellia Sphenopus
References

lectotype designated by Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 2 (1906)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 97-98 in Latin
Tropicos, Sclerochloa P. Beauv.
Flora of China, FOC Vol. 22 Page 314 硬草属 ying cao shu Sclerochloa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 97. 1812.
Altervista Flora Italiana, Fienarola indurita, Common Hardgrass, Sclerochloa dura (L.) P. Beauv.
"Sclerochloa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
The Plant List search for Sclerochloa
Atlas of Living Australia, Sclerochloa P.Beauv.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map