Chascolytrum
Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile.
Species
Seven species are accepted.Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - BoliviaChascolytrum erectum Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, ArgentinaChascolytrum lamarckianum Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, ArgentinaChascolytrum neobulbosum – southern Brazil Chascolytrum paleapiliferum Matthei - northern ArgentinaChascolytrum scabrum Matthei - southern Brazil Chascolytrum subaristatum Desv. - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay; naturalised in Cape Province and in New [South Wales]
Formerly placed here
Many species formerly placed in genus Chascolytrum are now placed in separate genera within subtribe Calothecinae.Boldrinia parodiana Calotheca brizoides Erianthecium bulbosum Lombardochloa rufa Microbriza brachychaete Microbriza poomorpha Neesiochloa barbata Poidium ambiguum Poidium brasiliense Poidium calotheca Poidium itatiaiae Poidium juergensii Poidium latifolium Poidium uniolae Rhombolytrum koelerioides Rhombolytrum monandrum Rhombolytrum rhomboideum