PLANTS Profile for Dichanthelium wrightianum (Wright's rosette grass)

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Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann
Wright's rosette grass

Symbol:

DIWR3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

Panicum wrightianum

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

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Synonyms:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

	DIACW	Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. wrightianum (Scribn.) Gould & C.A. Clark
	PAACW	Panicum acuminatum Sw. var. wrightianum (Scribn.) C.F. Reed
	PADE9	Panicum deminutivum Peck
	PAMI7	Panicum minutulum Desv.
	PAST8	Panicum strictum Bosc ex Roem. & Schult.
	PAWR7	Panicum wrightianum Scribn.

Distribution:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann


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USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 39 species in Dichanthelium

Classification:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Dichanthelium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould – rosette grass
Species	Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann – Wright's rosette grass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
Panicum wrightianum
Wright's panicgrass		Endangered
Massachusetts:
Wright's panic-grass		Special Concern
New York:
Panicum wrightianum
Wright's panic grass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Panicum wrightianum
Wright's panic-grass		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Dichanthelium wrightianum (Scribn.) Freckmann

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502042.

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 10:41 PM MDT