Chascolytrum

Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).^[4][1][5][6]

Species^[2]

• Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - Bolivia
• Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Uruguay, southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum brachychaetum (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum brizoides (Lam.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul, Biobio
• Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Uruguay, Brazil
• Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum erectum (Lam.) Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - southern Brazil, Colombia
• Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Chile
• Chascolytrum lamarckianum (Nees) Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - southeastern Brazil
• Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
• Chascolytrum paleapiliferum (Parodi) Matthei - northern Argentina
• Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei - southern Brazil, Uruguay
• Chascolytrum poimorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Chile
• Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina; naturalised in New Zealand
• Chascolytrum scabrum (Nees ex Steud.) Matthei - southern Brazil
• Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv. - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay; naturalised in Cape Province and in New South Wales
• Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay; naturalised in Puerto Rico

formerly included^[2]

Chascolytrum
Chascolytrum subaristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Calothecinae Soreng
Genus:	Chascolytrum Desv.
Type species
Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv.[1]
Synonyms[2][1]
Briza sect. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook. Briza subgen. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Parodi Calotheca Desv. Cascoelytrum P.Beauv., not validly published Erianthecium Parodi Gymnachne Parodi Lombardochloa Roseng. & B.R.Arrill. Microbriza Parodi ex Nicora & Rúgolo Poidium Nees Rhombolytrum Link Rhomboelytrum Link, alternate spelling[3]

see Neesiochloa

• Chascolytrum barbatum - Neesiochloa barbata

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Tropicos, Chascolytrum Desv.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Tropicos, Rhombolytrum Link
4. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190
5. Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2010. Three new taxa of Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) from South America. Novon 20(2): 149–156
6. Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2011. Novon 21:327-329