Patis | |
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Patis racemosa | |
Scientific 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]
Three species are recognized; each of them has a synonym. In each case, the alternative genus name is within the tribe Stipeae.
P. coreana and P. obusa are found in east Asia, and P. racemosa in North America.[4]