Trisetum
Genus of grasses
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Trisetum is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world.[5][6][7][8][9] Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[10]
| Trisetum | |
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| Trisetum flavescens[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Aveninae |
| Genus: | Trisetum Pers. 1805 not (Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Trin. 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Trisetum flavescens | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Species
Trisetum formerly included over 70 species. Over the past decade the genus has been split into smaller genera (including Graciliotrisetum and Sibirotrisetum) and some species placed in other genera.[11] Plants of the World Online currently accepts eight species.[12]
- Trisetum bertolonii Jonsell – Italy (Apennines)
- Trisetum caudulatum Trin. – Juan Fernández Islands, Chile, and southern Argentina
- Trisetum clarkei (Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart – Afghanistan, Himalayas, Xinjiang, and western and central China
- Trisetum debile Chrtek – China (northwestern Yunnan)
- Trisetum flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. – Europe, Azores, northwestern Africa, and western Asia
- Trisetum glomeratum (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud. – Hawaiian Islands
- Trisetum macbridei Hitchc. – central Peru
- Trisetum yunnanense Chrtek – China (Yunnan)
The List of Trisetum species includes species accepted as of 2012.[13]