Chascolytrum
Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf
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Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).
==Species== Seven species are accepted. 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 – 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