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.
Distribution Map Present

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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, ribbed or longitudinally grooved; inflorescence erect with ascending branches
P. australis
1.  Culm lustrous, smooth to faintly grooved; inflorescence lax, branches drooping
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