Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Liliopsida
Subclassis: Commelinidae
Ordo: Poales
Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Orcuttieae
Genus: Orcuttia
Species: O. californica - O. fragilis - O. greenei - O. inaequalis - O. mucronata - O. pilosa - O. tenuis - O. viscida

Name

Orcuttia Vasey

References

* GBIF.

Orcuttia is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.

There are about five species native to California and Baja California. These annual grasses, known generally as Orcutt grass, are all rare and federally protected in the United States.

Species:

* Orcuttia californica - California Orcutt grass (endangered)
* Orcuttia inaequalis - San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass (threatened)
* Orcuttia pilosa - hairy Orcutt grass (endangered)
* Orcuttia tenuis - slender Orcutt grass (threatened)
* Orcuttia viscida - Sacramento Orcutt grass (endangered)