Bluegrasses

Dissanthelium is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to the Americas, especially in the Andes of South America.

The only species native to the United States, D. californicum, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

Species

Dissanthelium amplivaginatum - Ancash in Peru

Dissanthelium breve - Peru, Bolivia

Dissanthelium brevifolium - Peru

Dissanthelium californicum - California (Santa Catalina I, †San Clemente I), †Baja California (†Guadalupe I)

Dissanthelium calycinum - Peru, Bolivia, Mexico

Dissanthelium giganteum - Peru

Dissanthelium laxifolium Swallen & Tovar - Peru, Bolivia

Dissanthelium longifolium Tovar - Huánuco in Peru

Dissanthelium longiligulatum Swallen & Tovar - La Paz in Bolivia

Dissanthelium macusaniense (E.H.L.Krause) R.C.Foster & L.B.Sm. - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina

Dissanthelium peruvianum - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

Dissanthelium pygmaeum - Huancavelica in Peru

Dissanthelium rauhii - Peru

Dissanthelium trollii - La Paz in Bolivia, eastern Peru

formerly included

see Poa

Dissanthelium atropidiforme - Poa atropidiformis

Dissanthelium patagonicum - Poa atropidiformis