Cinna (plant)
| Woodreeds | |
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| Cinna arundinacea | |
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: | Cinninae |
| Genus: | Cinna L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cinna arundinacea | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.[3][4][5]
Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]
Species[edit]
- Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
- Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
- Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
- Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia[2][8]
Formerly included[edit]
Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 5
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Grass Manual Account
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 363 单蕊草属 dan rui cao shu Cinna Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 5. 1753.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ The Plant List search for Cinna