Trisetum
| Trisetum | |
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| Trisetum flavescens[3] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Aveninae |
| Genus: | Pers. 1805 not (Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Trin. 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Trisetum flavescens | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Trisetum is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world.[5][6][7][8][9] Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[10]
Species
Trisetum formerly included over 70 species. Over the past decade the genus has been split into smaller genera (including Graciliotrisetum and Sibirotrisetum) and some species placed in other genera.[11] Plants of the World Online currently accepts eight species.[12]
- Trisetum bertolonii Jonsell – Italy (Apennines)
- Trisetum caudulatum Trin. – Juan Fernández Islands, Chile, and southern Argentina
- Trisetum clarkei (Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart – Afghanistan, Himalayas, Xinjiang, and western and central China
- Trisetum debile Chrtek – China (northwestern Yunnan)
- Trisetum flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. – Europe, Azores, northwestern Africa, and western Asia
- Trisetum glomeratum (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud. – Hawaiian Islands
- Trisetum macbridei Hitchc. – central Peru
- Trisetum yunnanense Chrtek – China (Yunnan)
The List of Trisetum species includes species accepted as of 2012.[13]
References
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. 772: 107-109 (1920);
- ^ Tropicos, Trisetum Pers.
- ^ image circa 1805 from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK495F19H671801V3&identifier=0147 Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Author: Host, Nikolaus Thomas Publisher: Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum 1: 97-98 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 325 三毛草属 san mao cao shu Trisetum Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 97. 1805.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Trisetum includes photos, drawings, and distribution maps for several species
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
- ^ NRCS. "Triraphis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Barberá, P., Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Garcia-Porta, J., Romaschenko, K., Aedo, C. and Quintanar, A. (2025), Phylogenetics and reticulation among koelerioid clades, part I: Contraction of Trisetum, expansion of Acrospelion, Graphephorum, and Tzveleviochloa; Graciliotrisetum gen. nov. and resurrection of Aegialina (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Aveninae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63: 629-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13133
- ^ "Trisetum Pers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine