Cinna (plant)
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| Cinna arundinacea | |
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| Genus: | Cinna |
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| Cinna arundinacea | |
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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]
Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]
- Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern + central United States
- Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa Cos)
- 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
- formerly included[2]
species now considered better suite to other genera: Agrostis Andropogon Arctagrostis Calamagrostis Dichelachne Echinopogon Limnodea Muhlenbergia Pogonatherum Sporobolus
See also
References
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 5
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Grass Manual Account
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 363 单蕊草属 dan rui cao shu Cinna Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 5. 1753.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ The Plant List search for Cinna