''Graphephorum'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

n plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

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Species

Seven species are currently accepted.Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> *'' Graphephorum ambiguum'' – southern Chile and southern Argentina *'' Graphephorum canescens'' – western Canada and western United States *'' Graphephorum cernuum'' – southern Alaska, western Canada, northwestern United States, California, southern Argentina and southern Chile *'' Graphephorum longiglume'' – western Argentina and central Chile * ''

Graphephorum melicoides ''Graphephorum'' is a genus of North American plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Species Seven species are currently accepted. *''Graphephorum ambiguum'' – southern Chile and southern Argentina *''Graphephorum canescens'' – western Can ...

'' (Michx.) Desv. – Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin *'' Graphephorum mendocinense'' – western Argentina *'' Graphephorum × orthochaetum'' (''G. canescens'' × ''G. wolfii'') – Montana (

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) * '' Graphephorum wolfii'' (Vasey) Coult. – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan south to California and New Mexico ; formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Molinia ''Molinia'', or moor grass, is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the grass family, native to damp moorland in Eurasia and northern Africa. They are both herbaceous perennial grasses. The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, a 19 ...

Muhlenbergia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

, Peyritschia,

Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of Poaceae, grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand spe ...

Scolochloa ''Scolochloa'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae / Gramineae, now containing a single species, ''Scolochloa festucacea''. Common rivergrass is a common name for the species. ''Scolochloa festucacea'' grows in Europe, temperate Asia, an ...

Sphenopholis ''Sphenopholis'' is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family. They are known generally as wedgescales. ; Species * '' Sphenopholis filiformis'' - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA ...

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Trisetum ''Trisetum'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world. Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. Species ''Trisetum'' formerly included over 70 spec ...

References

Pooideae Poaceae genera Flora of Northern America Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux Taxa described in 1810 {{Pooideae-stub