Cinna_(plant)

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Cinna (plant)

Genus of grasses

Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.[3][4][5]

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Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]

Species

  • Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
  • Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
  • Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
  • Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia[2][8]

Formerly included

Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 5
  2. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. [3]
    Grass Manual Account
  4. [4]
    Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 363 单蕊草属 dan rui cao shu Cinna Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 5. 1753.
  5. [5]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
  6. [6]
    Jepson Manual Treatment
  7. [7]
    USDA Plants Profile
  8. [8]
    The Plant List search for Cinna
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