Heteropholis

Heteropholis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Heteropholis
Type species
Heteropholis sulcata
(Stapf) C.E.Hubb.[1]

Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Heteropholis benoistii A.Camus - Madagascar
  2. Heteropholis nigrescens (Thwaites) C.E.Hubb. - Sri Lanka
  3. Heteropholis sulcata (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. - Zaḭre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi
formerly included[4]

see Mnesithea

  • Heteropholis annua - Mnesithea annua
  • Heteropholis cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
  • Heteropholis cochinchinensis var. chenii - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii

References

  1. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  2. ↑ Hubbard, Charles Edward 1956. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: §3548
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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