Lopholepis

Lopholepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Lopholepis
Decne. [1839] not (J. Sm.) J. Sm. [1842] (a fern)
Binomial name
Lopholepis ornithocephala
(Hook.) Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Holboellia Hook. 1831, illegitimate homonym not Wall. 1824
  • Holboellia ornithocephala Hook.

Lopholepis is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Lopholepis ornithocephala, native to Sri Lanka and to India (State of Tamil Nadu).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1839. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 147 in French, in footnote
  3. ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1831. Botanical Miscellany 2: 144-146 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1831. Botanical Miscellany 2: plate LXXVI (76) line drawing of Lopholepis ornithocephala (called Holboellia ornithocephala)
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora


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