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 <small>Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner</small> - Bolivia
- Chascolytrum erectum <small>(Lam.) Desv.</small> - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- Chascolytrum lamarckianum <small>(Nees) Matthei</small> - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- Chascolytrum neobulbosum â southern Brazil (Santa Catarina)
- Chascolytrum paleapiliferum <small>(Parodi) Matthei</small> - northern Argentina
- Chascolytrum scabrum <small>(Nees ex Steud.) Matthei</small> - southern Brazil
- Chascolytrum subaristatum <small>(Lam.) Desv.</small> - 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
Formerly placed here
Many species formerly placed in genus Chascolytrum are now placed in separate genera within subtribe Calothecinae.
- Boldrinia parodiana (as Chascolytrum parodianum <small>(Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei</small>)
- Calotheca brizoides (as Chascolytrum brizoides )
- Erianthecium bulbosum (as Chascolytrum bulbosum <small>(Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Lombardochloa rufa (as Chascolytrum rufum <small>J.Presl in C.B.Presl</small>)
- Microbriza brachychaete (as Chascolytrum brachychaete <small>(Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Microbriza poomorpha (as Chascolytrum poomorphum <small>(J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Neesiochloa barbata (as Chascolytrum barbatum )
- Poidium ambiguum (as Chascolytrum ambiguum <small>(Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Poidium brasiliense (as Chascolytrum brasiliense <small>(Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Poidium calotheca (as Chascolytrum calotheca <small>(Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Poidium itatiaiae (as Chascolytrum itatiaiae <small>(Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Poidium juergensii (as Chascolytrum juergensii <small>(Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner</small>)
- Poidium latifolium (as Chascolytrum latifolium <small>Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner</small>)
- Poidium uniolae (as Chascolytrum uniolae <small>(Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Rhombolytrum koelerioides (as Chascolytrum koelerioides <small>(Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Rhombolytrum monandrum (as Chascolytrum bidentatum <small>(Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Rhombolytrum rhomboideum (as Chascolytrum rhomboideum <small>(Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
- Rosengurttia monandra (as Chascolytrum monandrum <small>(Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies</small>)
See also
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