Blepharidachne

Blepharidachne is a small genus of New World plants in the grass family, generally known as eyelashgrass or desertgrass. .^[4][5]

Species^[6][7][8]

• Blepharidachne benthamiana - Argentina
• Blepharidachne bigelovii - Texas, New Mexico, Coahuila
• Blepharidachne hitchcockii - Argentina
• Blepharidachne kingii - California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho

Blepharidachne
Blepharidachne kingii [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Scleropogoninae
Genus:	Blepharidachne Hack.
Type species
Blepharidachne kingii (S. Wats.) Hack.[2]
Synonyms[3]
Eremochloe S. Wats. 1871 not Buse 1854

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. illustration from Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. 1950.
2. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. 772: 78 (1920)
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
5. Hackel, Eduard. 1887. Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien
6. Tropicos, Blepharidachne Hack.
7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment of Blepharidachne
• USDA Plants Profile for Blepharidachne
• Grass Manual Treatment of Blepharidachne