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]

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
Genus:	Chascolytrum Desv.
Type species
Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv.[1]
Synonyms[2][3][1]
Briza sect. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Benth. & Hook. Briza subgen. Chascolytrum (Desv.) Parodi Cascoelytrum P.Beauv., not validly publ. Gymnachne Parodi

Species

Seven species are accepted.^[2]

• Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - Bolivia
• Chascolytrum erectum (Lam.) Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum lamarckianum (Nees) Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Chascolytrum neobulbosum Funez – southern Brazil (Santa Catarina)
• Chascolytrum paleapiliferum (Parodi) Matthei - northern Argentina
• 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

Formerly placed here

Many species formerly placed in genus Chascolytrum are now placed in separate genera within subtribe Calothecinae.^[7]

• Boldrinia parodiana (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei)
• Calotheca brizoides (Lam.) P.Beauv. (as Chascolytrum brizoides (Lam.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Erianthecium bulbosum Parodi (as Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Lombardochloa rufa (J.Presl) Roseng. & B.R.Arrill. (as Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl)
• Microbriza brachychaete (Ekman) Parodi ex Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum brachychaete (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Microbriza poomorpha (J.Presl) Parodi ex Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum poomorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Neesiochloa barbata (Nees) Pilg. (as Chascolytrum barbatum (Nees) Kunth)
• Poidium ambiguum (Hack.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Poidium brasiliense Nees (as Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Poidium calotheca (Trin.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Poidium itatiaiae (Ekman) Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Poidium juergensii (Hack.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner)
• Poidium latifolium (Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner)
• Poidium uniolae (Nees) Matthei (as Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Rhombolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Rhombolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Rhombolytrum rhomboideum Link (as Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
• Rosengurttia monandra (Hack.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)

See also

• List of Poaceae genera