Chascolytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Latin America from Mexico to Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands).Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2010. Three new taxa of Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) from South America. Novon 20(2): 149–156Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2011. Novon 21:327-329
Species Seven species are accepted. Chascolytrum altimontanum Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner - Bolivia Chascolytrum erectum (Lam.) Desv. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina Chascolytrum lamarckianum (Nees) Matthei - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina Chascolytrum neobulbosum – southern Brazil (Santa Catarina) Chascolytrum paleapiliferum (Parodi) Matthei - northern Argentina Chascolytrum scabrum (Nees ex Steud.) Matthei - southern Brazil Chascolytrum subaristatum (Lam.) Desv. - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), 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.da Silva, L.N., Saarela, J.M., Essi, L. and de Souza-Chies, T.T. (2022), A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): Evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade. J. Syst. Evol., 60: 691-712. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12750
Boldrinia parodiana (as Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei) Calotheca brizoides (as Chascolytrum brizoides ) Erianthecium bulbosum (as Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Lombardochloa rufa (as Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl) Microbriza brachychaete (as Chascolytrum brachychaete (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Microbriza poomorpha (as Chascolytrum poomorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Neesiochloa barbata (as Chascolytrum barbatum ) Poidium ambiguum (as Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Poidium brasiliense (as Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Poidium calotheca (as Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Poidium itatiaiae (as Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Poidium juergensii (as Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner) Poidium latifolium (as Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner) Poidium uniolae (as Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Rhombolytrum koelerioides (as Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Rhombolytrum monandrum (as Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Rhombolytrum rhomboideum (as Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies) Rosengurttia monandra (as Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies)
See also List of Poaceae genera
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