Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Anthoxanthum L.
VERNALGRASS
Classification
POALES
Anthoxanthum
Citation
ANTHOXANTHUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 28. 1753.
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TYPE: Anthoxanthum odoratum Linnaeus Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 171. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Anthoxanthum aristatum ANNUAL VERNALGRASS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ataxia Ataxia R. Brown, Chlor. Melvill. 35. 1823. TYPE: Ataxia horsfieldii Kunth
Dimesia Dimesia Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 442. 1817. TYPE: Dimesia fragrans Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Holcus fragrans Pursh, nom. illegit.; Holcus odoratus Linnaeus) = Hierochloe R. Brown 1810.
Disarrenum Disarrenum Labillardiere, Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 82. 1807, nom. rej. vs. Hierochloe R. Brown 1810. TYPE: Disarrenum antarcticum Labillardiere
Flavia Flavia Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. 206. 1759. TYPE: = Anthoxanthum Linnaeus 1753.
Hierochloe Hierochloe R. Brown, Prodr. 208. 1810, nom. cons. vs. Savastana Schrank 1789, et vs. Torresia Ruiz Lopez & Pavon 1794, et vs. Disarrenum Labillardiere 1807. TYPE: Hierochloe odorata (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, typ. cons. (Holcus odoratus Linnaeus)
Savastana Savastana Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 100, 337. 1789, nom. rej. vs. Hierochloe R. Brown 1810. TYPE: Savastana hirta Schrank
Torresia Torresia Ruiz López & Pavón, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 125. 1794, nom. rej. vs. Hierochloe R. Brown 1810. TYPE: Torresia utriculata Ruiz López & Pavón
Xanthonanthos Xanthonanthos Saint-Lager, Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119. 1880. TYPE: = Anthoxanthum Linnaeus 1753.