| Hierochloe | |
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| Hierochloe odorata | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Poaceae | 
| Genus: | Hierochloe R.Br.  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass.[3] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America.[1][4]
These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits.[5]
Some authors advocate merging the two genera Hierochloe and Anthoxanthum, though others disagree.[6][7][8]
- Species[1]
 
- Hierochloe alpina - Russia, Scandinavia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Manchuria, Korea, Japan, Canada, Greenland, Alaska, northern United States (ME NH VT NY MN)
 - Hierochloe australis - northern + central Europe
 - Hierochloe brunonis - New Zealand (South I + Antipodean Is)
 - Hierochloe cuprea - New Zealand (South I + North I)
 - Hierochloe davidsei - Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica
 - Hierochloe equiseta - New Zealand South I)
 - Hierochloe flexuosa - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
 - Hierochloe fraseri - Tasmania
 - Hierochloe fusca - New Zealand (South I + North I, Chatham Is, Antipodean Is)
 - Hierochloe glabra - China incl Tibet; Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Kazakhstan
 - Hierochloe gunckelii - Chile, Argentina
 - Hierochloe helenae - Primorye
 - Hierochloe juncifolia - Chile, Argentina
 - Hierochloe khasiana - Assam
 - Hierochloe laxa - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Gansu, Sichuan
 - Hierochloe mexicana - Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela
 - Hierochloe novae-zelandiae - New Zealand (South I + North I)
 - Hierochloe occidentalis - Washington, Oregon, California
 - Hierochloe odorata - Eurasia, North America
 - Hierochloe pauciflora - Russia, Canada, Alaska
 - Hierochloe pluriflora - Japan
 - Hierochloe potaninii - Gansu, Sichuan
 - Hierochloe pusilla - Chile, Argentina
 - Hierochloe quebrada - Peru
 - Hierochloe rariflora - Australia
 - Hierochloe recurvata - New Zealand (South I + North I)
 - Hierochloe redolens - Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, South America, Falkland Is
 - Hierochloe repens - Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Rep, Hungary, Austria
 - Hierochloe spicata - southern Chile
 - Hierochloe submutica - Australia
 - Hierochloe tibetica - Tibet
 - Hierochloe utriculata - Chile, Argentina
 - Hierochloe wendelboi - Pakistan
 - Hierochloe × zinserlingii - Ural Mountains of Russia
 
- formerly included[1]
 
numerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthoxanthum Centotheca Holcus
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants see § 60.6
 - ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208-209 in Latin
 - ↑ USDA Plants Profile
 - ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
 - ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
 - ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthoxanthum
 - ↑ Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. ISBN 978-0-901158-42-0.
 
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