Manual of the Grasses of the United States

Authors

A. S. Hitchcock, USDA

Date of this Version

1935

Citation

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, D.C. Issued February 1935

Comments

U.S. government work

Abstract

Introduction 1

Uses of grasses 1

Distribution of grasses 5

Morphology of grasses 6

Classification of grasses 10

Nomenclature 12

Common names 14

Scope of the manual 14

Gramineae (Poaceae), the grass family 15

Descriptions of the subfamilies and keys to the tribes 16

Subfamily 1. Festucoideae 16

Subfamily 2. Panicoideae 17

Descriptions of the tribes and keys to the genera 17

Tribe 1. Bambuseae 17

Tribe 2. Festuceae 17

Tribe 3. Hordeae 20

Tribe 4. Aveneae 21

Tribe 5. Agrostideae 22

Tribe 6. Zovsieae 24

Tribe 7. Chlorideae 24

Tribe 8. Phalarideae. 25

Tribe 9. Oryzeae 25

Tribe 10. Zizanieae 26

Tribe 11. Melinideae 26

Tribe 12. Paniceae 26

Tribe 13. Andropogoneae 27

Tribe 14. Tripsaceae 29

Descriptions of genera and species 29

Tribe 1. Bambuseae 29

Tribe 2. Festuceae 31

Tribe 3. Hordeae 229

Tribe 4. Aveneae 275

Tribe 5. Agrostideae 306

Tribe 6. Zoysieae 462

Tribe 7. Chlorideae 469

TribeS. Phalarideae 526

Tribe 9. Oryzeae 535

Tribe 10. Zizanieae 540

Tribe 11. Melinideae 546

Tribe 12. Paniceae 549

Tribe 13. Andropogoneae 715

Tribe 14. Tripsaceae 764

Synonymy 772

Unidentified names 979

Persons for whom grasses have been named 982

Glossary 987

Additions and corrections 993

Index 994