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)
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.