Germainia

Genus of plant in the family Poaceae

Germainia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Germainiinae
Genus: Germainia
Balansa & Poitr.
Type species
Germainia capitata
Balansa & Poitr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Balansochloa Kuntze
  • Chumsriella Bor
  • Sclerandrium Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

Germainia is a genus of Chinese, Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Species

List of major Germainia species:[6][7]

  • Germainia capitata Balansa & Poitr. - Guangdong, Yunnan, Vietnam, Thailand, New Guinea, Queensland
  • Germainia grandiflora (S.T.Blake) Chai-Anan - Queensland, Northern Territory
  • Germainia khasyana Hack. - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Germainia lanipes Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand
  • Germainia pilosa Chai-Anan - Thailand
  • Germainia tenax (Balansa) Chai-Anan - Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Germainia thailandica (Bor) Chai-Anan - Thailand
  • Germainia thorelii A.Camus - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Germainia truncatiglumis (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Chai-Anan - Northern Territory, Western Australia, New Guinea

References

  1. ^ "Germainia Balansa & Poitr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Balansa, Benedict & Poitrasson, R. P. 1873. Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 7: 344
  4. ^ Tropicos, Germainia Balansa & Poitr.
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 599 吉曼草属 ji man cao shu Germainia Balansa & Poitrasson
  6. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ^ Atlas of Living Australia
Taxon identifiers
Germainia


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