Patis (plant)

Patis
Patis racemosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Stipodae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Patis
Ohwi, 1942
Type species
Patis coreana

Patis is a genus of grasses in the Stipeae tribe of the grass family, found in China, Korea, Japan, eastern Canada, and north central and eastern United States.[1]

The name Patis, an anagram of the closely related Stipa, was assigned by Japanese botanist Jisaburo Ohwi (1905–1977) in 1942.[2][3]

Species

Three species are recognized; each of them has a synonym. In each case, the alternative genus name is within the tribe Stipeae.

  • Patis coreana (Honda) Ohwi (Korean needlegrass; Stipa coreana Honda)
  • Patis obtusa (Stapf) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Piptatherum kuoi)
  • Patis racemosa (Sm.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng (Oryzopsis racemosa)

P. coreana and P. obusa are found in east Asia, and P. racemosa in North America.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kew: Plants of the World Online: Patis
  2. ^ "Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica." (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11(3): 181. 1942).
  3. ^ "The International Plant Names Index". Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Zhang, Zhong‐Shuai, and Wen‐Li Chen. "The cytotaxonomy of Piptatherum kuoi (Stipeae, Poaceae)." Nordic journal of botany 36, no. 10 (2018): e01929. (doi:10.1111/njb.01929)


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