Woodreeds
Cinna arundinacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Cinninae
Genus: Cinna
L.[1]
Type species
Cinna arundinacea
Synonyms[2]
  • Blyttia Fr. 1839, illegitimate homonym not Arn. 1838 nor Endl. 1840
  • Cinnastrum E.Fourn.

Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.[3][4][5]

Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]

Species

  • Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
  • Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
  • Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
  • Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia[2][8]

Formerly included

Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus[2]

See also

References

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