| Erioneuron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Scleropogoninae |
| Genus: | Erioneuron Nash |
| Type species | |
| Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erioneuron is a genus of New World plants in the grass family native to southern North America and southern South America. They are sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets.
- Species
- Erioneuron avenaceum (Kunth) Tateoka - shortleaf woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
- Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash - hairy woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV CA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca), Argentina, Bolivia
- formerly included
- Erioneuron pulchellum - Dasyochloa pulchella
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Nash, George Valentine. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 143-144
- Tropicos, Erioneuron Nash
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
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