Taxon: Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H. O. Yates

Common names:

• broadleaf chasmanthium   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio [s.], Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [c.], Kansas [e. & s.], Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida [n.w.], Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon

• also cultivated

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chasmanthium latifolium.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chasmanthium latifolium.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Chasmanthium latifolium.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Uniola latifolia Michx. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other web resources for Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H. O. Yates:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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