Chasmanthium

Chasmanthium is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the Poaceae family. It is native to the southern United States and northern Mexico.

Cytology

The basic chromosome number of the genus is x = 12, with somatic chromosome numbers of 2n = 24. diploid. persistent nucleoli

Some species

• Chasmanthium curvifolium (Valdés-Reyna, Morden & S.L.Hatch) Wipff & S.D.Jones
• Chasmanthium gracile (Michx.) Link
• Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates
• Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O.Yates
  • • Chasmanthium laxum subsp. laxum
  • Chasmanthium laxum var. laxum
    • Chasmanthium laxum subsp. sessiliflorum (Poir.) L.G.Clark
  • Chasmanthium laxum var. sessiliflorum (Poir.) Wipff & S.D.Jones
• Chasmanthium nitidum (Baldwin ex Ell) H.O.Yates
• Chasmanthium ornithorhynchum Nees
• Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates