Phragmites

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Phragmites Adans.
POACEAE
REED
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Classification

POALES
Phragmites

Citation

PHRAGMITES Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 34, 559. 1763.
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TYPE: Phragmites communis Trinius (Arundo phragmites Linnaeus) For typification see Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 64. 1920.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Phragmites australis COMMON REED Not Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Phragmites berlandieri COMMON REED Native

Identification Key

1.  Culm dull, finely ribbed or longitudinally grooved, exposed parts typically greenish; inflorescence densely compact, erect with ascending branches; lower glume 3.4-3.7 mm long; lemma 9-9.8 mm long
P. australis
1.  Culm lustrous, smooth to faintly grooved, exposed parts typically red-purplish; inflorescence diffuse, lax, branches drooping; lower glume 3.9-4.2 mm long; lemma 9.8-10.4 mm long
P. berlandieri

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Czernya Czernya C. Presl, Cyper. Gramin. Sicul. 22. 1820. TYPE: Czernya arundinacea C. Presl
Oxyanthe Oxyanthe Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 197. 1854. TYPE: Oxyanthes japonica (Steudel) Steudel (Sericura japonica Steudel)
Trichoon Trichoon Roth, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 37. 1798. TYPE: Trichoon karka (Retzius) Roth 1798. (Arundo karka Retzius 1786.)
Xenochloa Xenochloa Lichtenstein ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 29, 501. 1817. TYPE: Xenochloa arundinacea Lichtenstein ex Roemer & Schultes