Dissochondrus

Dissochondrus, or false bristlegrass, is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the grass family.^[1][4][5] The only known species is Dissochondrus biflorus.^[1]

Dissochondrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Cenchrinae
Genus:	Dissochondrus (Hillebr.) Kuntze[1]
Species:	D. biflorus
Binomial name
Dissochondrus biflorus (Hildebr.) Kuntze
Synonyms
Of the genus:[2] Setaria subg. Dissochondrus Hillebr. Of the species:[3] Setaria biflora Hildebr. Setaria bifida Kuntze, orth. var. Dissochondrus bifidus Kuntze, orth. var.

Taxonomy

The species Dissochondrus biflorus was first described in 1888 by William Hillebrand as Setaria biflora. Hillebrand placed it in a new subgenus of Setaria, S. subg. Dissochondrus.^[6] In 1897, Otto Kuntze elevated the subgenus to the full genus Dissochondrus with the sole species becoming Dissochondrus biflorus.^[2]