Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).[Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190][ 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][Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2011. Novon 21:327-329]
Species
Seven species are accepted.[
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Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - Bolivia
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Chascolytrum erectum (Lam.) Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
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Chascolytrum lamarckianum (Nees) Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
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Chascolytrum neobulbosum – southern Brazil (Santa Catarina)
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Chascolytrum paleapiliferum (Parodi) Matthei - northern Argentina
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Chascolytrum scabrum (Nees ex Steud.) Matthei - southern Brazil
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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
Formerly placed here
Many species formerly placed in genus Chascolytrum are now placed in separate genera within subtribe Calothecinae.[da Silva, L.N., Saarela, J.M., Essi, L. and de Souza-Chies, T.T. (2022), A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): Evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade. J. Syst. Evol.
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Boldrinia parodiana (as Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei)
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Calotheca brizoides (as Chascolytrum brizoides )
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Erianthecium bulbosum (as Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Lombardochloa rufa (as Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl)
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Microbriza brachychaete (as Chascolytrum brachychaete (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Microbriza poomorpha (as Chascolytrum poomorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Neesiochloa barbata (as Chascolytrum barbatum )
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Poidium ambiguum (as Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Poidium brasiliense (as Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Poidium calotheca (as Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Poidium itatiaiae (as Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Poidium juergensii (as Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner)
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Poidium latifolium (as Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner)
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Poidium uniolae (as Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Rhombolytrum koelerioides (as Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Rhombolytrum monandrum (as Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Rhombolytrum rhomboideum (as Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
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Rosengurttia monandra (as Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
See also
