Pseudechinolaena

Genus of grasses

Pseudechinolaena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Pseudechinolaena
(Hook.f.) Stapf
Type species
Panicum uncinatum
Raddi
Synonyms[1]
  • Panicum sect. Pseudechinolaena Hook.f.[2]
  • Perulifera A.Camus
  • Loxostachys Peter

Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.[3][4][5][6]

Species[2][7]
Formerly included[2]

see Echinochloa

  • Pseudechinolaena helodes - Echinochloa helodes
  • Pseudechinolaena inflexa - Echinochloa inflexa
  • Pseudechinolaena spectabilis - Echinochloa polystachya

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Pseudechinolaena Stapf
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Stapf, Otto. 1919. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 494
  4. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1897. Flora of British India 7(21): 28, 58
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500 钩毛草属 gou mao cao shu Pseudechinolaena Stapf, Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 494. 1919.
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Pseudechinolaena
Taxon identifiers
Pseudechinolaena


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