Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 35species Piptochaetium alpinum L.B.Sm.
species Piptochaetium angolense Phil.
species Piptochaetium angustifolium (Hitchc.) Valencia & Costas
species Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi
- Blackseed Speargrass
species Piptochaetium avenacioides (Nash) Valencia & Costas
- Florida Speargrass
species Piptochaetium bicolor (Vahl) É.Desv.
species Piptochaetium brachyspermum (Speg.) Parodi
species Piptochaetium brevicalyx (E.Fourn.) Ricker ex Hitchc.
species Piptochaetium burkartianum Parodi
species Piptochaetium cabrerae Parodi
species Piptochaetium calvescens Parodi
species Piptochaetium confusum Parodi
species Piptochaetium cucullatum Roseng. & Izag.
species Piptochaetium featherstonei (Hitchc.) Tovar
species Piptochaetium fimbriatum (Kunth) A.S. Hitchc.
- Pinyon Ricegrass
species Piptochaetium hackelii (Arechav.) Parodi
species Piptochaetium hirtum Phil.
species Piptochaetium indutum Parodi
species Piptochaetium jubatum Henrard
species Piptochaetium lasianthum Griseb.
species Piptochaetium leiopodum (Speg.) Henrard
species Piptochaetium medium (Speg.) Torres
species Piptochaetium montevidense (Spreng.) Parodi
species Piptochaetium napostaense (Speg.) Hack. ex Stuck.
species Piptochaetium palustre Muj.-Sall. & Longhi-Wagner
species Piptochaetium panicoides (Lam.) É.Desv.
species Piptochaetium pringlei (Beal) Parodi
- Pringle's Speargrass
species Piptochaetium ruprechtianum É.Desv.
species Piptochaetium sagasteguii Sánchez Vega
species Piptochaetium seleri (Pilg.) Henrard
species Piptochaetium setosum Arechav.
- Bristly Speargrass
species Piptochaetium stipoides (Trin. & Rupr.) Hack. & Arechav.
- Purple Speargrass
species Piptochaetium tovarii Sánchez Vega
species Piptochaetium uruguense Griseb.
species Piptochaetium virescens (Kunth) Parodi
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1117748]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Piptochaetium J.S. Presl in K.B. Presl, 1830]
Data retrieved on: 5 January 2020
C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Piptochaetium J. Presl]Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019