Species Seven species are accepted.[ 2]
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 Funez – 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
Many species formerly placed in genus Chascolytrum are now placed in separate genera within subtribe Calothecinae .[ 7]
Boldrinia parodiana (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum parodianum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Matthei )Calotheca brizoides (Lam.) P.Beauv. (as Chascolytrum brizoides (Lam.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Erianthecium bulbosum Parodi (as Chascolytrum bulbosum (Parodi) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Lombardochloa rufa (J.Presl) Roseng. & B.R.Arrill. (as Chascolytrum rufum J.Presl in C.B.Presl )Microbriza brachychaete (Ekman) Parodi ex Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum brachychaete (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Microbriza poomorpha (J.Presl) Parodi ex Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum poomorphum (J.Presl) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Neesiochloa barbata (Nees) Pilg. (as Chascolytrum barbatum (Nees) Kunth )Poidium ambiguum (Hack.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum ambiguum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Poidium brasiliense Nees (as Chascolytrum brasiliense (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Poidium calotheca (Trin.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum calotheca (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Poidium itatiaiae (Ekman) Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Poidium juergensii (Hack.) Matthei (as Chascolytrum juergensii (Hack.) Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner )Poidium latifolium (Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum latifolium Essi, Souza-Chies & Longhi-Wagner )Poidium uniolae (Nees) Matthei (as Chascolytrum uniolae (Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Rhombolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum koelerioides (Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Rhombolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Nicora & Rúgolo (as Chascolytrum bidentatum (Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Rhombolytrum rhomboideum Link (as Chascolytrum rhomboideum (Link) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )Rosengurttia monandra (Hack.) L.N.Silva (as Chascolytrum monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies )
References 1 2 3 Tropicos, Chascolytrum Desv. 1 2 "Chascolytrum Desv". Plants of the World Online Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 11 May 2025 . ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ↑ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 190 ↑ Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2010. Three new taxa of Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) from South America. Novon 20(2): 149–156 ↑ Essi, L., T. T. Souza-Chies & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2011. Novon 21:327-329 ↑ 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
